Cleomaceae
Single-leaved cleome
Cleome monophylla
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Genus
- Cleome
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Enkelblaarcleome, Rusperbossie
- Arabic
- ذفرة أحادية الأوراق
- English
- Single-leaved cleome, Spider flower, Spindlepod
- Estonian
- Ühelehine ämbliklill
- nd
- Mujakari
- Southern Sotho
- Matlepelo, Munyenyae, Musa pelo
- Zulu
- Isiwisa esiluhlaza
Synonyms
- Cleome cordata Burch. ex DC.
- Cleome epilobioides Baker
- Cleome massae Chiov.
- Cleome monophylla var. cordata (Burch. ex DC.) Sond.
- Cleome monophylla var. madagascariensis Hadj-Moust.
- Cleome subcordata Steud. ex Oliv.
- Sieruela monophylla (L.) Roalson & J.C.Hall
- Sieruela viscosa Raf.
Photos
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Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, 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.