Rutaceae
Small knobwood
Zanthoxylum capense
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Zanthoxylum
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Common names
By language (8)
- Afrikaans
- Kleinperdepram
- Arabic
- فاغرة رأس الرجاء
- English
- Small knobwood
- Shona
- Muritsa
- Southern Sotho
- Monokwane
- Tsonga
- Khunugumorupa
- Xhosa
- Umlungumabele
- Zulu
- Umnungamabele
Synonyms
- Amyris armata Spreng.
- Amyris capensis (Thunb.) Spreng.
- Elaphrium capense (Thunb.) DC.
- Fagara armata Thunb.
- Fagara capensis Thunb.
- Fagara capensis Verd.
- Fagara magaliesmontana Engl.
- Fagara megalismontana Engl.
- Fagara multifoliata Engl.
- Fagarastrum capense (Thunb.) G.Don
- Fagarastrum thunbergii (DC.) G.Don
- Zanthoxylum armatum
- Zanthoxylum thunbergii DC.
- Zanthoxylum thunbergii var. obtusifolia Harv.
Photos
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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.