Anacardiaceae

Spike-thorned crowberry

Searsia gueinzii (Sond.) F.A.Barkley

Family: Anacardiaceae
Genus: Searsia

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Spike-thorned crowberry (Searsia gueinzii) — FruitPhoto: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Pendoringkaree
English: Spike-thorned crowberry, Spike-thorned karee, Thorny karee

Synonyms

Rhus crispa Harv. ex Engl.
Rhus gueinzii Sond.
Rhus gueinzii var. spinescens (Diels) R.Fern. & A.Fern.
Rhus simii Schönland
Rhus simii var. lydenburgensis Schönland
Rhus spinescens Diels
Searsia simii (Schönland) F.A.Barkley
Searsia spinescens (Diels) F.A.Barkley
Toxicodendron gueinzii (Sond.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: February, October to November (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FruitPhoto: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sunčana Bradley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wynand Uys, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 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.