Fabaceae
African clover
Trifolium africanum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Trifolium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- African clover, Erasmus clover, Erasmus clover,
- Turkish
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Synonyms
- Lupinaster africanus (Ser.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Trifolium burchellianum var. africanum (Ser.) Kuntze
Photos
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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.