Ochnaceae

Jellyfish tree

Medusagyne oppositifolia Baker

Family: Ochnaceae
Genus: Medusagyne

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Jellyfish tree: Jellyfish Tree ( Medusagyne oppositifolia ), Mahé, Seychelles — Photo: Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)

Chinese: 伞果树科, 水母果科, 水母柱属, 水母柱科, 环柱树科
English: Jellyfish tree
koi: Medusagynaceae
Korean: 해파리나무과, 해파리나무속
kv: Medusagynaceae
Norwegian Bokmål: Medusagyna, Medusagyne
Polish: Medusagynaceae
Portuguese: Medusagynaceae, Árvore-medusa
Russian: Medusagynaceae, Медузагина супротивнолистная, Медузагиновые
Vietnamese: Medusagynaceae

Photos

Photo: Christopher Kaiser-Bunbury, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dao Nguyen and James Hardcastle, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification 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.