Cunonia capensis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Oxalidales
- Family
- Cunoniaceae
- Genus
- Cunonia
- Species
- Cunonia capensis
- Scientific Name
- Cunonia capensis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cunonia capensis
Cunonia capensis, the butterspoon tree, butterknife tree, African red alder, red alder or rooiels, is a small tree found in the afromontane forests of southern Africa, and along rivers. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens for its attractive glossy foliage and its clusters of tiny, scented, white flowers. It is the only one of 24 species of Cunonia to occur outside of New Caledonia in the Pacific.
...Cunonia capensis in languages:
- Afrikaans
- rooiels
- Afrikaans
- botterlepelboom
- Afrikaans
- botterlepeltjie
- Afrikaans
- elsehout
- Afrikaans
- roode elseboom
- Afrikaans
- rooi-els
- English
- butterspoon tree
- English
- African Red Alder
- English
- butterknife tree
- English
- Butter-Spoon Tree
- English
- Butterspoon-Tree
- English
- Els
- English
- Red Els
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cunonia aoupiniensis
- Cunonia atrorubens
- Cunonia austrocaledonica
- Cunonia balansae
- Cunonia bopopensis
- Cunonia bullata
- Cunonia capensis
- Cunonia cerifera
- Cunonia deplanchei
- Cunonia dickisonii
- Cunonia linearisepala
- Cunonia macrophylla
- Cunonia montana
- Cunonia pseudoverticillata
- Cunonia pterophylla
- Cunonia pulchella
- Cunonia purpurea
- Cunonia rotundifolia
- Cunonia rupicola
- Cunonia schinziana
- Cunonia varijuga
- Cunonia vieillardii