Cussonia spicata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Cussonia
- Species
- Cussonia spicata
- Scientific Name
- Cussonia spicata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cussonia spicata
Cussonia spicata, known as spiked cabbage tree, lowveld cabbage tree or common cabbage tree, is a tree in the family Araliaceae, which is native to the moister regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is cultivated as a garden plant in areas without extreme degrees of frost. It is one of the favorite foods of wild elephants.
...Cussonia spicata in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Gewone Kiepersol
- Afrikaans
- Nooiensboom
- Afrikaans
- Sambreelboom
- Afrikaans
- laeveldkiepersol
- Afrikaans
- waaiboom
- Afrikaans
- weiboom
- Chinese
- 甘藍樹
- English
- Cabbage tree
- English
- South African cabbage tree
- English
- Common Cabbage Tree
- English
- Elephant's Toothbrush
- English
- Ladies' Cabbagetree
- Finnish
- tähkäkussonia
- German
- Parasolbaum
- Japanese
- アフリカヤツデ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cussonia angolensis
- Cussonia arborea
- Cussonia arenicola
- Cussonia bancoensis
- Cussonia corbisieri
- Cussonia gamtoosensis
- Cussonia holstii
- Cussonia natalensis
- Cussonia nicholsonii
- Cussonia ostinii
- Cussonia paniculata
- Cussonia sp1
- Cussonia sphaerocephala
- Cussonia spicata
- Cussonia thyrsiflora
- Cussonia transvaalensis
- Cussonia zimmermannii
- Cussonia zuluensis































































































































































