EPPO Global Database

Cleome gynandra(GYAGY)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-03

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: GYAGY
  • Preferred name: Cleome gynandra
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to Southeast Mediterranean, Western Asia (Arabia, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Africa (throughout), Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (Western, Northern). A garden ornamental and also a weed.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cleome blumeana D. Dietrich
Cleome pentaphylla Linnaeus
Gynandropsis gynandra (Linnaeus) Briquet
Gynandropsis pentaphylla (Linnaeus) de Candolle
Pedicellaria pentaphylla Schrank

Common names
Name
Language
sada-hurhuria Bengali
African cabbage English
bastard mustard English
cat's whiskers English
kaffir cabbage English
spider-wisp English
African spiderflower English (US)
brède caya French
mouzambe French
Senfkapper German
platanito Spanish
hierba del cuche Spanish (CU)