Sapindaceae

Jacket-plum

Pappea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Pappea

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Jacket-plum: Jacket-plum ( Pappea capensis ) at the campsite in the Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa — Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Doppruim
English: Jacket-plum

Synonyms

Nephelium capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Baill.
Pappea capensis var. radkloferi Schinz
Pappea fulva Conrath
Pappea radlkoferi Schweinf. ex Penz.
Pappea schumanniana Schinz
Pappea ugandensis Baker f.
Sapindus pappea Sond.

Photos

Photo: NJR ZA, 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: Pam Ellenberger Kleiman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pam Ellenberger Kleiman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pam Ellenberger Kleiman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jan En Hanlie Vorster, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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.