Fabaceae
Chañar
Geoffroea decorticans
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Geoffroea
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Chañar
- Hebrew
- ג'ופריאה מתקלפת
- Quechua
- Chañar
- Spanish
- Chanar, Chañar, Gourlia spinosa
Synonyms
- Geoffroea spinosa (Molina) De Moussay
- Gourliea chilensis Clos
- Gourliea decorticans Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
- Gourliea decorticata Walp.
- Gourliea spinosa (Molina) Skeels
- Lucuma spinosa Molina
Flowers
- In flower
- September to October (from 341 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sebastián Lovera, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Analía Belaus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jorge Herreros de Lartundo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Luis Capeletti, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jorge Salgado, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Joaquin Asad e Clareane Ternus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: RAP, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ljuba brank, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Barreiro Agustin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.