Rutaceae
False buchu
Agathosma ovata
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Agathosma
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Basterboegoe, Rivierboegoe, Wildeboegoe, Bosboegoe
- Chinese
- 卵叶布枯, 卵葉布枯
- English
- False buchu, Ovalleaf buchu, Mountain fynbos
- Zulu
- Umahesakomhlope
Synonyms
- Adenandra ovata (Thunb.) Link
- Agathosma acuminata Drege ex Walp.
- Agathosma punctata G.Don
- Barosma acutata Sond.
- Barosma angustifolia Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
- Barosma dioica Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
- Barosma eckloniana Bartl.
- Barosma graveolens (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) G.Don
- Barosma kraussiana Meisn.
- Barosma lanceolata Sond.
- Barosma oblonga (Thunb.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
- Barosma ovata (Thunb.) Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
- Barosma pauciflora Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Barosma peglerae Dümmer
- Barosma scoparia Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Barosma sertuliflora Delponte
- Barosma ternata Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Bucco hamata Wendl. ex Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
- Bucco ovata Roem. & Schult.
- Diosma dioica Ker Gawl.
- Diosma glandulosa hort. ex Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
- Diosma graveolens Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Diosma lanceolata Thunb.
- Diosma linifolia G.Lodd.
- Diosma oblonga Thunb.
- Diosma orbicularis hort. ex Bartl. & H.L.Wendl.
- Diosma ovata Thunb.
- Diosma pauciflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr.
- Diosma pulchella Houtt.
- Diosma punctata Licht.
- Diosma scoparia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr.
- Diosma spartiifolia Steud.
- Diosma stenophylla Spreng.
- Diosma ternata D.Dietr.
- Hartogia punctata (G.Don) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- April, July to October (from 149 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Justin Ponder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Rosenthal, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kathryn Cooley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Justin Ponder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.