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Broad-leaved pentanisia

Pentanisia prunelloides (Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) Walp.

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Pentanisia

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Broad-leaved pentanisia: Pentanisia prunelloides subsp. latifolia , flowers; recently burned grassland, between Sudwalaskraal and Buffelskloof Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Afrikaans
Sooibrandbossie
English
Broad-leaved pentanisia
Southern Sotho
Khatoane, Setima-mollo
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Umgwamiso
Xhosa
Icishamlilo
Zulu
Icishamlilo, Isibunde, Umakuphole

Synonyms

  • Crusea glaucescens E.Mey. ex Harv.
  • Crusea lanceolata E.Mey. ex Hochst.
  • Crusea variabilis E.Mey. ex Harv.
  • Declieuxia prunelloides Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Diotocarpus prunelloides (Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) Hochst.
  • Pentanisia glaucescens Harv.
  • Pentanisia prunelloides var. longifolia Bär
  • Pentanisia variabilis Harv.
  • Pentanisia variabilis var. intermedia Sond.

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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.