Fabaceae
African weeping-wattle
Peltophorum africanum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Peltophorum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Huilboom, Reënboom
- Chinese
- 南非盾柱木, 非洲中南盾柱木
- English
- African weeping-wattle, Rhodeian wattle, Weeping wattle, African wattle, Rhodesian wattle
- Greek
- Πελτοφόρος η Αφρικανική
- Hebrew
- שיטה מדומה אפריקנית
- Shona
- Dzedze
- Zulu
- UmSehle
Synonyms
- Baryxylum africanum (Sond.) Pierre
- Brasilettia africana (Sond.) Kuntze
Photos
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Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: B. Attard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B. Attard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B. Attard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatters ❀ from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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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.