Fabaceae

Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Piliostigma

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Piliostigma thonningii: Bauhinia thonningii Schum. - near Gravelotte, Mpumalanga, South Africa — Photo: Piet Grobler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

Afrikaans: Kameelspoor
Bambara: Ɲamaba
dag: Baɣiŋga
Hausa: Cancali
sg: Gbö

Synonyms

Bauhinia abyssinica A.Rich.
Bauhinia articulata Oliv.
Bauhinia pyrrhocarpa Hochst.
Bauhinia reticulata var. rubiginosa A.Chev.
Bauhinia tamarindacea Delile
Bauhinia thonningii Schum.
Bauhinia thonningii Schumach.
Piliostigma pyrrhocarpum (Hochst.) Hochst.

Photos

Photo: Piet Grobler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Piet Grobler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Piet Grobler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ameth Coumba, 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.