Nyctaginaceae

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Pisonia aculeata L.

Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Pisonia

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Pullback: Pisonia minor Choisy — Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Afrikaans: Valspapierblom
Chinese: 刺藤, 栖头果, 猪钩搭, 腺果水冬瓜, 腺果藤, 避霜花, 齒托
English: Pullback, Mock bougainvillea

Synonyms

Pallavia aculeata (L.) Vell.
Pisonia aculeata var. pedicellaris Griseb. ex Heimerl
Pisonia grandifolia Standl.
Pisonia loranthoides Kunth
Pisonia monotaxadenia C.Wright
Pisonia sieberi Schltr.
Pisonia villosa Poir.
Pisonia yagua-pinda D.Parodi

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: DouglasGoldman, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.