Stilbaceae
Brittlewood nuxia
Nuxia congesta
- Family
- Stilbaceae
- Genus
- Nuxia
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Common names
By language (8)
- Afrikaans
- Gewone wildevlier, Broshout, Wildevlier
- Chinese
- 脆木, 短花瑞仙木, 短花碟仙木
- English
- Brittlewood nuxia, Brittle-wood
- Finnish
- Suppuseljake
- Japanese
- ヌクシア・コンゲスタ
- ki
- Mũcoruĩ
- Xhosa
- UmKhobesza
- Zulu
- Ingobese
Synonyms
- Lachnopylis angolensis (Gilg) Philipson
- Lachnopylis annobonensis Mildbr.
- Lachnopylis breviflora (S.Moore) C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis compacta C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis congesta (R.Br. ex Fresen.) C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis emarginata (Sond.) C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis emarginata var. brevifolia (Sond.) A.C.Sm.
- Lachnopylis flocculosa C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis goetzeana (Gilg) Greenway
- Lachnopylis guineensis Hutch. & M.B.Moss
- Lachnopylis heterotricha C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis mannii (Gilg) Hutch. & M.B.Moss
- Lachnopylis montana C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis odorata (Gilg) Greenway
- Lachnopylis platyphylla (Gilg) Greenway
- Lachnopylis platyphylla (Gilg) Dale
- Lachnopylis pubescens (Sond.) C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis sambesina (Gilg) C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis saxatilis C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis schistotricha C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis speciosa C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis ternifolia Hochst.
- Lachnopylis thomensis Philipson
- Lachnopylis tomentosa (Sond.) C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis viscidulosa C.A.Sm.
- Lachnopylis viscosa (Gibbs) C.A.Sm.
- Nuxia angolensis Gilg
- Nuxia breviflora S.Moore
- Nuxia congesta var. brevifolia Sond.
- Nuxia congesta var. emarginata (Sond.) Prain
- Nuxia congesta var. thomensis (Philipson) J.Lewis
- Nuxia congesta var. tomentosa (Sond.) Cummins
- Nuxia dekindtiana Gilg
- Nuxia dentata var. transvaalensis S.Moore
- Nuxia emarginata Sond.
- Nuxia gilletii De Wild.
- Nuxia goetzeana Gilg
- Nuxia keniensis T.C.E.Fr.
- Nuxia latifolia T.C.E.Fr.
- Nuxia mannii Gilg
and 8 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to September (from 189 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: migsgreenworld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, 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: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.