Fabaceae
Rooibos
Aspalathus linearis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Aspalathus
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Common names
By language (46)
- Afrikaans
- Rooibos
- Arabic
- رويبوس, شاي الشجيرة الحمراء
- arz
- رويبوس
- Basque
- Rooibos
- Breton
- Te ruz
- Bulgarian
- Ройбос
- Cantonese
- 博士茶
- Catalan
- Roibos
- Chinese
- 南非茶, 博士茶, 南非國寶茶, 松雀花, 路易波士茶
- Czech
- Rooibos, Roibos
- Danish
- Rooibos
- Dutch
- Rooibos, Rooibosthee
- English
- Rooibos, Rooibos red tea
- Esperanto
- Rojbos-arbusto
- Estonian
- Tee-punapõõsas, Rooibos
- Finnish
- Rooibos, Punapensas
- French
- Rooibos
- Galician
- Rooibos
- German
- Rooibos, Roibos, Roibosh, Rooi, Rooibosch, Rooibostee, Rooibusch, Rooibush
- Hausa
- Rooibos
- Hebrew
- רויבוש
- Hungarian
- Vörös fokföldirekettye, Rooibos
- Indonesian
- Rooibos
- Italian
- Rooibos
- Japanese
- ルイボス, ルイボスティー
- Kazakh
- Roýbuş, Ройбұш, رويبۇش, Ройбос
- Korean
- 루이보스, 루이보스 차
- Latvian
- Rooibos tēja
- Lithuanian
- Rooibos
- Luxembourgish
- Rooibos
- Malay
- Rooibos, Roobois
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rooibos
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Rooibos
- Persian
- راوند
- Polish
- Rooibos, Czerwonokrzew
- Portuguese
- Rooibos, Arbusto vermelho, Chá de arbusto, Chá de arbusto vermelho, Chá de rooibos, Chá vermelho, Chá vermelho da África do Sul, Roibos
- Romanian
- Rooibos
- Russian
- Ройбос, Аспалатус линейный, Ройбош, Ройбуш
- Serbian
- Roibos, Роибос, Рооибос, Ројбос
- Slovenian
- Rooibos
- Spanish
- Rooibos
- Swedish
- Rooibos, Roibos, Roibus, Rött te
- Thai
- โรยบอส
- Turkish
- Rooibos
- Ukrainian
- Ройбуш
- Vietnamese
- Chè Rooibos
Synonyms
- Achyronia tenuifolia (DC.) Kuntze
- Aspalathus cognata C.Presl
- Aspalathus corymbosa E.Mey.
- Aspalathus linearis subsp. linearis
- Aspalathus linearis subsp. pinifolia (Marloth) R.Dahlgren
- Aspalathus tenuifolia DC.
- Borbonia pinifolia Marloth
- Genista contaminata Poir.
- Lebeckia candolleana Walp.
- Lebeckia contaminata DC.
- Lebeckia linearis (Burm.f.) DC.
- Psoralea linearis Burm.f.
- Rafnia filifolia Eckl. ex Walp.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, October, December to January (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Charles Stirton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Winfried Bruenken, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Winfried Bruenken, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.