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Fabaceae

Cape Town pea

Psoralea fruticans (L.) Druce

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Psoralea

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Cape Town pea: Cape Town pea, roundhead otholobium or Otholobium fruticans, photographed by Ronald Flipphi, on 12 October 2019, at the eastern edge of Scarborough, Table Mount
Photo: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Cape Town pea, Capetown pea, Roundhead otholobium

Synonyms

  • Dorychnium bracteatum Moench
  • Lotodes fruticans (L.) Kuntze
  • Otholobium fruticans (L.) C.H.Stirt.
  • Psoralea bracteata P.J.Bergius
  • Psoralea cephalotes C.Presl ex J.Presl
  • Psoralea cuneifolia Dum.Cours.
  • Psoralea densa E.Mey.
  • Psoralea fruticosa Spreng.
  • Trifolium fruticans L.

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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.