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Balloon-pod red-keur

Hypocalyptus coluteoides (Lam.) R.Dahlgren

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Hypocalyptus

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Balloon-pod red-keur: Hypocalyptus coluteoides , flowers; Caledon Wild Flower Show, Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Afrikaans
Rooikeurtjie,
English
Balloon-pod red-keur

Synonyms

  • Acacia amblycarpa Graham
  • Crotalaria coluteoides Lam.
  • Crotalaria elegans DC.
  • Crotalaria elegans Sepp
  • Crotalaria purpurea Vent.
  • Crotalaria volubilis Thunb.

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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.