Ochnaceae
Creole tea
Sauvagesia erecta
- Family
- Ochnaceae
- Genus
- Sauvagesia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- حشيشة الرمد
- English
- Creole tea, Creole tree
Synonyms
- Sauvagesia adima Aubl.
- Sauvagesia erecta subsp. erecta
- Sauvagesia erecta var. erecta
- Sauvagesia erecta var. parvifolia Hoehne
- Sauvagesia erecta var. sincorensis Ule
- Sauvagesia erecta var. stricta Mart. & Zucc.
- Sauvagesia floribunda A.Chev.
- Sauvagesia geminiflora Ging.
- Sauvagesia grandifolia Dwyer
- Sauvagesia laxa Mart.
- Sauvagesia nutans Pers.
- Sauvagesia peruviana Roem. & Schult.
- Sauvagesia salicifolia Ging.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: João Medeiros, 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: 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
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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.