Celastraceae

Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f.

Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Tripterygium

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Tripterygium wilfordii (Tripterygium wilfordii) — FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (7)

Arabic: ثلاثية الجنيحات ويلفوردي
arz: تريبتريجيوم ويلفوردى
Chinese: 雷公藤, 昆明山海棠, 东北雷公藤, 掉毛草, 昆明山海棠（火把花）, 火把花, 黄蜡藤, 紫金藤
Czech: Trojkřídlec Regelův
German: Wilfords Dreiflügelfrucht
Japanese: クロヅル, タイワンクロヅル, ライコウトウ, 黒蔓
Persian: تریپتریگیوم ویلفردی

Synonyms

Celastrus chungii Merr.
Tripterygium bullockii Hance
Tripterygium forrestii Loes.
Tripterygium forrestii var. execum (Sprague & Takeda) Chen H.Wang
Tripterygium hypoglaucum (H.Lév.) Hutch.
Tripterygium wilfordii var. bullockii (Hance) Matsuda
Tripterygium wilfordii var. execum Sprague & Takeda

Photos

FlowerPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yinling Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yinling Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Clapperton, Garry, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Clapperton, Garry, 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.