Rutaceae
Cape-chestnut
Calodendrum capense
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Calodendrum
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Common names
By language (9)
- Afrikaans
- Wildekastaiing
- Chinese
- 丽芸木
- English
- Cape-chestnut, Cape chestnut
- French
- Châtaignier du Cap
- Hebrew
- פארון הכף
- Hungarian
- Fokföldi gesztenye
- Japanese
- カロデンドラム・カペンセ, ケープチェストナッツ, ケープチェストナット
- ki
- Mũrarachi
- Spanish
- Aceite yangu
Synonyms
- Dictamnus calodendrum Poir.
- Dictamnus capensis L.f.
- Pallasia capensis Christm.
- Pallassia capensis Christmann
- Tarenna papyracea Burtt Davy
Flowers
- In flower
- October to January (from 167 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave Brown, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Brown, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.