Lamiaceae
Ginger bush
Tetradenia riparia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Tetradenia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Watersalie
- Chinese
- 臭白花, 麝香木
- English
- Ginger bush, Mountain mist
- Finnish
- Myskiyrtti
- Japanese
- フブキバナ
- mnc
- ᠵᠠᡵᡳᠨ ᠮᠣᠣ
- Zulu
- Iboza, Ginger bush, Watersalie
Synonyms
- Basilicum myriostachyum (Benth.) Kuntze
- Basilicum riparium (Hochst.) Kuntze
- Gumira ferruginea (A.Rich.) Kuntze
- Iboza riparia (Hochst.) N.E.Br.
- Moschosma myriostachya Benth.
- Moschosma riparia Hochst.
- Plectranthus riparius Hochst.
- Premna ferruginea A.Rich.
Photos
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Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: 小石川人晃, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 小石川人晃, 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.