Gentianaceae
Cape jitta
Fagraea berteroana
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Fagraea
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Cape jitta
- French
- Bois tabou
- Tongan
- Pua
- ty
- Pua ’ā’ano
Synonyms
- Carissa grandis Bert. ex A.DC.
- Fagraea affinis S.Moore
- Fagraea berteroana var. galilai (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Fosberg
- Fagraea berteroana var. kusaiana (Hosok.) Fosberg
- Fagraea berteroana var. ladronica Fosberg
- Fagraea berteroana var. marquisensis Fosberg & Sachet
- Fagraea berteroana var. pogas (Hosok.) Fosberg
- Fagraea berteroana var. sair (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) Fosberg
- Fagraea calophylloides Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea galilai Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea grandis Pancher & Sebert
- Fagraea ksid Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea kusaiana Hosok.
- Fagraea longituba M.L.Grant
- Fagraea novae-guineae Cammerl.
- Fagraea obovata var. papuana F.M.Bailey
- Fagraea pachypoda Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea peekelii Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea pluvialis S.Moore
- Fagraea pua Nadeaud
- Fagraea rosenstromii C.T.White
- Fagraea sair Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea sair Hosok.
- Fagraea salomonensis Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea samoensis Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea schlechteri Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Fagraea tahitensis Butteaud
- Fagraea vitiensis Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kamil9243, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.