Celastraceae

Bob-cherry

Lauridia tetragona (L.f.) R.H.Archer

Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Lauridia

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Bob-cherry: Colourful fresh leaves of a Climbing-saffron, near Louwsburg, KwaZulu-Natal — Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Ranksaffraan
English: Bob-cherry, Climbing saffron

Synonyms

Allocassine tetragona (L.f.) N.Robson
Cassine albanensis Sond.
Cassine latifolia Eckl. & Zeyh.
Cassine scandens Eckl. & Zeyh.
Cassine scandens var. latifolia Sond.
Cassine tetragona (L.f.) Druce
Cassine tetragona Loes.
Celastrus heterophyllus E.Mey. ex Sond.
Celastrus refractus E.Mey. ex Sond.
Celastrus tetragonus Thunb.
Elaeodendron meyerianum C.Presl
Rhamnus tetragona L.f.

Photos

Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Graeme Pienaar, 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.