Putranjivaceae
Forest ironplum
Drypetes gerrardii
- Family
- Putranjivaceae
- Genus
- Drypetes
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Bosysterpruim
- English
- Forest ironplum, Bastard white ironwood, Forest ironwood
- ss
- Umhlwakele
- Xhosa
- Idwesa, Umhlakela
- Zulu
- Isikhumphuphu, Umhlwakela
Photos
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 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.