Euphorbiaceae
Spirostachys africana
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Spirostachys
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Tambotie
- Chinese
- 非洲桦桕, 非洲樺桕, 非洲乌桕
- Finnish
- Kapintambotipuu
- ki
- Mũhathĩ
- Shona
- Munhiti
Synonyms
- Excoecaria africana (Sond.) Müll.Arg.
- Excoecaria synandra Pax
- Excoecariopsis synandra (Pax) Pax
- Sapium africanum (Sond.) Kuntze
- Spirostachys synandra (Pax) Pax
- Stillingia africana (Sond.) Baill.
Photos
Photo: Mooivallei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maximilian Dörrbecker, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Yusuf Khan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: NordNordWest Range data: Hills, R. 2019. Spirostachys africana. The IUCN Red Lis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, 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.