The first Westerner to learn about devil's claw was a German, G.H. Mehnert, who learnt about this plant from the San and Nama people in Namibia in 1904.
Umuntu wokuqala waseNtshonalanga ukufunda ukuthi luyini uzipholumyeko uMjalimani, uG.H. Mehnert, owafundiswa lo muthi ngabaThwa nabaNama baseNamibia ngo-1904.