Loganiaceae
Natal orange
Strychnos spinosa
- Family
- Loganiaceae
- Genus
- Strychnos
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Groenklapper
- Arabic
- إسطركن شوكي
- arz
- اسطركن شوكى
- Bambara
- Nkankoroba
- Chinese
- 刺猴橙, 綠猴橙, 刺葉橙
- dag
- Gingaɣigoo
- English
- Natal orange
- Portuguese
- Maboqueiro, Maboque, Massala
- Russian
- Стрихнос колючий, Monkey orange, Обезьяний апельсин, Чилибуха колючая
- sg
- Pêpëlêpendo
- Tsonga
- Nsala
Synonyms
- Brehmia spinosa (Lam.) Harv.
- Strychnos buettneri Gilg
- Strychnos cardiophylla Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos carvalhoi Gilg
- Strychnos courtetii A.Chev.
- Strychnos cuneifolia Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos djalonis A.Chev.
- Strychnos dulcis A.Chev.
- Strychnos emarginata Baker
- Strychnos euryphylla Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos flacurtii Desv. ex Thouars
- Strychnos gilletii De Wild.
- Strychnos gracillima Gilg
- Strychnos gracillima var. paucispinosa De Wild.
- Strychnos harmsii Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos laxa Soler.
- Strychnos leiosepala Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos lokua A.Rich.
- Strychnos madagascariensis Spreng. ex Baker
- Strychnos megalocarpa Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos meughe Chiov.
- Strychnos miniungansamba Gilg
- Strychnos mueghe Chiov.
- Strychnos omphalocarpa Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos pluvialis A.Chev.
- Strychnos radiosperma Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos rhombifolia Gilg & Busse
- Strychnos sansibariensis Gilg
- Strychnos schweinfurthii Gilg
- Strychnos spinosa subsp. lokua (A.Rich.) Bruce
- Strychnos spinosa subsp. spinosa
- Strychnos spinosa subsp. volkensii (Gilg) E.A.Bruce
- Strychnos spinosa var. pubescens Baker
- Strychnos tonga Gilg
- Strychnos unguacha var. retusa Chiov.
- Strychnos volkensii Gilg ex Engl.
- Strychnos volkensii Gilg
- Strychnos vuntac Bojer
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Damien Farrell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, 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.