Proteaceae

Broad-leaf sugarbush

Protea eximia (Knight) Fourc.

Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea

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Broad-leaf sugarbush (Protea eximia) — FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Afrikaans: Breëblaarsuikerbos
Arabic: بروطيا مميزة
arz: بروطيا مميزه
English: Broad-leaf sugarbush
Persian: شکربوته پهنبرگ

Synonyms

Erodendrum eximium Knight
Protea auriculata Tausch
Protea latifolia R.Br.
Protea latifolia var. auriculata Kuntze
Protea radiata Andrews
Protea spectabilis Licht. ex Spreng.
Scolymocephalus auriculatus (Tausch) Kuntze
Scolymocephalus eximius Kuntze
Scolymocephalus spectabilis (Licht. ex Spreng.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: April, June to February (from 115 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dave Brown, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Saifunny, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sutnurg at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thomas Koffel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0, 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.