Cleome gynandra

Cleome gynandra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Cleome
Species:
C. gynandra
Binomial name
Cleome gynandra
  world range[1]
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn.
    • Cleome affinis (Blume) Spreng. nom. illeg.
    • Cleome alliacea Blanco
    • Cleome alliodora Blanco
    • Cleome blumeana D.Dietr.
    • Cleome bungei Steud.
    • Cleome candelabrum Sims
    • Cleome denticulata Schult. & Schult.f.
    • Cleome eckloniana Schrad.
    • Cleome flexuosa F.Dietr. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
    • Cleome heterotricha Burch.
    • Cleome muricata (Schrad.) Schult. & Schult.f.
    • Cleome oleracea Welw.
    • Cleome pentaphylla L.
    • Cleome pubescens Sieber ex Steud.
    • Cleome rosea Eckl. ex Steud. nom. inval.
    • Cleome triphylla L.
    • Gymnogonia pentaphylla (L.) R. Br. ex Steud.
    • Gynandropsis affinis Blume
    • Gynandropsis candelabrum (Sims) Sweet
    • Gynandropsis denticulata DC.
    • Gynandropsis glandulosa C.Presl
    • Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.
    • Gynandropsis heterotricha DC.
    • Gynandropsis muricata Schrad.
    • Gynandropsis ophitocarpa DC.
    • Gynandropsis palmipes DC.
    • Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.
    • Gynandropsis pentaphylla Blanco
    • Gynandropsis sinica Miq.
    • Gynandropsis triphylla DC.
    • Gynandropsis viscida Bunge
    • Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank
    • Pedicellaria triphylla (L.) Pax
    • Podogyne pentaphylla (L.) Hoffmanns.
    • Sinapistrum pentaphyllum (L.) Medik.

Cleome gynandra is a species of Cleome that is used as a leaf vegetable. It is known by many common names including Shona cabbage,[3] African cabbage, spiderwisp, cat's whiskers,[4] and stinkweed.[5] It is an annual wildflower native to Africa but has become widespread in many tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world.[6]

  1. ^ "Cleome gynandra - L." pfaf.org. 1996–2012. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Lumnitzera racemosa Willd". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ^ "dict.cc dictionary :: Shona cabbage :: German-English translation". www.dict.cc. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  4. ^ "Gynandropsis gynandra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Natural pesticides from a common weed launched Kaua'i's pesticide furor". 17 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Spider plant (Cleome gynandra)". World Vegetable Center. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.