Lamiaceae
Prayer berry
Volkameria aculeata
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Volkameria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 棘状大青
- English
- Prayer berry, Prickly myrtle, Privet, Privy hedge, Haggarbush
- French
- Amourette, Thé Bord de Mer
- Spanish
- Botón de Oro, Clavellina Espinosa, Corazón de Paloma, Descamisador, Escambrón Blanco, Uña de Gato
Synonyms
- Clerodendrum aculeatum (L.) Schltdl.
- Clerodendrum aculeatum f. acutifolium Kereszty
- Clerodendrum aculeatum f. lanceolatum Kereszty
- Clerodendrum aculeatum f. mucronatum Kereszty
- Clerodendrum aculeatum f. orientale Kereszty
- Clerodendrum aculeatum f. rotundatum Kereszty
- Clerodendrum aculeatum var. gracile Griseb. ex Moldenke
- Clerodendrum aculeatum var. grandifolium Kuntze
- Clerodendrum aculeatum var. parvifolium Kuntze
- Clerodendrum angustifolium (Poir.) Spreng.
- Clerodendrum duckei Moldenke
- Clerodendrum linifolium (Ewart & B.Rees) de Kok
- Clerodendrum ternifolium Kunth
- Clerodendrum ternifolium var. mexiae Moldenke
- Clerodendrum ternifolium var. serratifolium Moldenke
- Clerodendrum ternifolium var. velutinosum Moldenke
- Huxleya linifolia Ewart & B.Rees
- Ovieda aculeata (L.) Baill.
- Volkameria angustifolia Poir.
- Volkameria linifolia (Ewart & B.Rees) Mabb. & Y.W.Yuan
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.