Rhamnaceae

Blinkblaar

Rhamnus prinoides L'Hér.

Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Rhamnus

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Blinkblaar (Rhamnus prinoides) — FlowerPhoto: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Afrikaans: Blinkblaar
Amharic: ጌሾ
arz: رامنوس برينويدس
English: Blinkblaar, Shiny-leaf buckthorn
French: Gesho
German: Afrikanischer Faulbaum, Gesho
Hausa: Gesho
Hebrew: גשו
Japanese: ラムヌス・プリノイデス
Kinyarwanda: Umunanira
Korean: 게쇼갈매나무

Synonyms

Alaternus prinoides (L'Hér.) Raf.
Celtis rhamnifolia C.Presl
Rhamnus celtifolia Thunb.
Rhamnus pauciflora Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Ziziphus lucida Moon ex Thwaites
Ziziphus lucida Moench

Flowers

In flower: October to June (from 47 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Gillespie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: JMK at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Di Turner, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: James Bruce, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Karen Eichholz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.