Rubiaceae
Wild medlar
Vangueria infausta
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Vangueria
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Common names
By language (14)
- Afrikaans
- Wildemispel, Wilde mispel
- Arabic
- فنجرية منحوسة
- Chinese
- 非楂
- English
- Wild medlar
- Ganda
- Ettugunda, African medlar, Amatugunda, The medlar
- nd
- Umbizo, Umviyo
- Northern Sotho
- Mmilo
- Portuguese
- Mafilo
- ss
- Amantulwane, Umvile
- Tsonga
- Pfilu, Mpfilwa
- Tswana
- Mmilo, Mothwany
- ve
- Mavelo, Muzwilu
- Xhosa
- Umvilo
- Zulu
- Umtulwa, Umviyo
Synonyms
- Canthium infaustum (Burch.) Baill.
Photos
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristof Zyskowski & Yulia Bereshpolova, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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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 
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). About our plant data.