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Primulaceae

Maesa lanceolata Forssk.

Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Maesa

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Maesa lanceolata: Maesa lanceolata , Primelgewächse (Primulaceae), Maesoideae – Südafrika/South Africa: Mpumalanga, S Mogodi Lodge, Graskop, ca. 1420 m
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Afrikaans
Valsassegaai
Amharic
ቀላዋ
Arabic
تنعيم سناني الورق, تنعيم, عرار, معس, معص
Finnish
Arabiannapamarja
Malagasy
Radoka, Rafy, Voarafy

Synonyms

  • Baeobotrys lanceolatus (Forssk.) Vahl
  • Baeobotrys ovata Willd. ex Schult.
  • Maesa lanceolata var. mildbraedii (Gilg & G.Schellenb.) Taton

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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.