Rhamnaceae

Soap bush

Helinus integrifolius (Lam.) Kuntze

Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Helinus

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Soap bush: Bisexual flower of a Soap bush at Skeerpoort on the southern slope of the Magaliesberg, South Africa. 5 sepals and 5 petals are visible, with (yellow) annular n — Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Seepbos, Seepbossie
English: Soap bush, Soap creeper

Synonyms

Ceanothus mystacinus DC.
Gouania integrifolia Lam.
Helinus arabica Jaub. & Spach
Helinus scandens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) A.Rich.
Mystacinus arabicus (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze
Willemetia scandens Eckl. & Zeyh.

Photos

Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dr. Alexey Yakovlev, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.