Tropaeolaceae

Mashua

Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz & Pav.

Family: Tropaeolaceae
Genus: Tropaeolum

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Mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum) — FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (16)

Arabic: كبوسين درني
arz: كبوسين درنى
avk: Largakirafa uriza
Catalan: Mashua
Chinese: 塊莖金蓮花, 块茎旱金莲, 球根旱金莲
Czech: Lichořeřišnice hlíznatá
Dutch: Knolcapucien
English: Mashua, Anu
Estonian: Mugul-mungalill
Finnish: Mukulaköynnöskrassi
German: Knollige Kapuzinerkresse
Hungarian: Gumós sarkantyúka
Lithuanian: Gumbinė nasturtė
Portuguese: Mashua
Quechua: Maswa
Russian: Настурция клубненосная

Synonyms

Chymocarpus tuberosus (Ruiz & Pav.) Heynh.
Trophaeum tuberosum (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
Trophaeum tuberosus (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: April to May, July, December (from 25 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Frank Dietze, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Lorenzo Giordani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Håkan Svensson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David F. Belmonte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: NicolasGrandjean, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sebastián Ordóñez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: NicolasGrandjean, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: NicolasGrandjean, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Claudio Laura Daza, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.