Rubiaceae
Hairy turkeyberry
Canthium ciliatum
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Canthium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Harige doringklipels
- English
- Hairy turkeyberry, Hairy turkey-berry
Synonyms
- Plectronia ciliata (Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr.
- Plectronia ciliata var. glabrata Sond.
- Plectronia ciliata var. mollis Sond.
- Psilostoma ciliata Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alan Manson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, 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: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, 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). About our plant data.