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Fabaceae

Candle hook-leaved pea

Psoralea spicata L.

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Psoralea

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Candle hook-leaved pea: Candle Hook-leaved Pea or Otholobium spicatum, photographed by Nick Helme, on 9 November 2020, about 5 km east of Riversdal, Hessequa Municipality, Western Cape
Photo: Nick Helme,South Africa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Afrikaans
Langaar-vlieëkeurtjie
English
Candle hook-leaved pea

Synonyms

  • Lotodes spicata (L.) Kuntze
  • Otholobium spicatum (L.) C.H.Stirt.

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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.