Fabaceae
Cock's comb
Templetonia retusa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Templetonia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 彗豆, 凹叶珊瑚豆
- English
- Cock's comb, Cockies tongue, Cocky's tongues, Coral bush
Synonyms
- Rafnia retusa Vent.
- Templetonia glauca Sims
- Templetonia retusa var. angustifolia Regel
Photos

Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daniel Ridley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean and Fred, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Beattie, CC BY 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.