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Brassicaceae

Cardamine africana L.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Cardamine

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Cardamine africana (Cardamine africana)
FlowerPhoto: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)
Arabic
حرف إفريقي

Synonyms

  • Cardamine africana subsp. africana
  • Cardamine africana subsp. borbonica (Bojer) O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine africana var. allevia (Comm. ex DC.) O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine africana var. arabica (DC.) O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine allevia Comm. ex DC.
  • Cardamine anteniquana Burch. ex DC.
  • Cardamine borbonica Pers.
  • Cardamine borbonica var. allevia Comm. ex DC.
  • Cardamine borbonica var. arabica DC.
  • Cardamine burchellii Spreng.
  • Cardamine hirsuta var. major Thwaites
  • Cardamine holtziana Engl. & O.E.Schulz ex O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine holziana Engl. & O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine innovans O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine javanica Miq.
  • Cardamine laxa var. pumila A.Gray
  • Cardamine ovata var. unijuga O.E.Schulz
  • Cardamine porphyrophylla Ekman ex Urb.
  • Cardamine rubifolia Sm. ex DC.
  • Cardamine ternata Bory ex DC.
  • Cardamine wightiana Wall.
  • Pteroneurum javanicum Blume

Flowers

In flower
August, December to January (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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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.