Phyllanthaceae

Red heartfruit

Hymenocardia ulmoides Oliv.

Family: Phyllanthaceae
Genus: Hymenocardia

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Red heartfruit (Hymenocardia ulmoides) — LeavesPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Afrikaans: Rooihartboom
English: Red heartfruit, Small heartfruit
sg: Sângâï

Synonyms

Hymenocardia capensis (Pax) Hutch.
Hymenocardia poggei Pax
Hymenocardia similis Pax & K.Hoffm.
Hymenocardia ulmoides var. capensis Pax
Hymenocardia ulmoides var. longistyla De Wild.

Photos

LeavesPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Erwin Sieben, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: rosshawkins, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, 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). About our plant data.