Anacardiaceae
Thorny crowberry
Searsia refracta
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Searsia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Doringkraaibessie, Growweblaartaaibos
- English
- Thorny crowberry, Thorny crow-berry
Synonyms
- Rhus refracta Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Toxicodendron refractum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: galpinmd, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Gillespie, CC BY 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: Andrew Gillespie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christiaan Viljoen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Searsia
- African sumacSearsia lanceaAnacardiaceae
- Nana-berrySearsia dentataAnacardiaceae
- Searsia leptodictyaAnacardiaceae
- White kareeSearsia pendulinaAnacardiaceae
- Searsia pentaphyllaAnacardiaceae
- Common crowberrySearsia pentheriAnacardiaceae
- Searsia pyroidesAnacardiaceae
- Bicoloured crowberrySearsia tomentosaAnacardiaceae
- Tripartite sumacSearsia tripartitaAnacardiaceae
- Willow kareeSearsia angustifoliaAnacardiaceae
- Bramble currantSearsia batophyllaAnacardiaceae
- Red currantSearsia chirindensisAnacardiaceae
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.