Cunoniaceae
Butterspoon
Cunonia capensis
- Family
- Cunoniaceae
- Genus
- Cunonia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Rooiels
- Arabic
- عذام رأس الرجاء
- English
- Butterspoon, Red alder
- Macedonian
- Црвен брест
- Zulu
- UmLulama
Synonyms
- Oosterdyckia capensis (L.) Crantz
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: papaveratum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: georg.begemann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jordan Beyer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, 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.