Fabaceae
Wild seringa
Burkea africana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Burkea
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Common names
By language (12)
- Afrikaans
- Rooisering, Wildesering
- Arabic
- بوركية أفريقية, بوركية كابيرنجو
- arz
- بوركيه افريقيه
- Bambara
- Siri
- dag
- Bɛnzaŋa
- English
- Wild seringa
- ff
- Kokobi
- Hebrew
- לילך פראי
- Igbo
- Wild seringa
- Southern Sotho
- Monato
- Tsonga
- Mpulu
- ve
- Mufhulu
Synonyms
- Burkea africana var. andongensis Oliv.
- Burkea africana var. cordata Welw. ex Oliv.
- Burkea caperangau Baill.
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October (from 57 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: rooiratel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marianne Le Roux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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.