Fabaceae
Hottentot's bean
Schotia afra
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Schotia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Karooboerboon
- English
- Hottentot's bean, Karoo boer-bean
Synonyms
- Guaiacum afrum L.
Flowers
- In flower
- August to June (from 526 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland van Leeuwen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland van Leeuwen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland van Leeuwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland van Leeuwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ann Symons, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ann Symons, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ann Symons, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ann Symons, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.