Salicaceae
Rukam
Flacourtia rukam
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Flacourtia
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Common names
By language (10)
- ban
- Kem
- bjn
- Rukam
- Chinese
- 大叶刺篱木, 羅庚果, 大叶刺篱木叶, 山桩, 炉甘果, 罗庚果, 罗庚梅
- English
- Rukam
- Indonesian
- Rukam
- Javanese
- Rukem
- Malayalam
- റൂബിക്ക
- Sundanese
- Rukem
- Thai
- ตะขบไทย
- Tongan
- Filimoto
Synonyms
- Flacourtia cataphracta Blume
- Flacourtia edulis Griff.
- Flacourtia euphlebia Merr.
- Flacourtia megaphylla Ridl.
- Flacourtia peninsula Elmer
- Flacourtia rukam var. micronesica Fosberg & Sachet
- Flacourtia sulcata Elmer
- Hisingera grandifolia Turcz.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
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Photo: 呂一起, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 呂一起, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 呂一起, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.