Capparaceae
Forest bush-cherry
Maerua racemulosa
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Genus
- Maerua
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Wildepatat, Witboshout
- English
- Forest bush-cherry, Forest maerua, Forest spider bush
Synonyms
- Boscia afra Sond.
- Boscia caffra Sond.
- Boscia undulata (Zeyh.) Druce
- Capparis racemulosa DC.
- Capparis undulata Zeyh.
- Maerua pedunculosa (Hochst.) Sim
- Maerua undulata (Zeyh.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Niebuhria acutifolia E.Mey.
- Niebuhria pedunculosa Hochst.
- Niebuhria undulata (Zeyh.) Sond.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: YvettevWijk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sunčana Bradley, CC BY 4.0, 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.