Pappea capensisEckl. & Zeyh.

Jacket-plum

WFO wfo-0000471143 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pappea capensis, photographed by Di Turner
fig. a Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 195279218
Pappea capensis, photographed by Di Turner
fig. b Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194967128
Pappea capensis, photographed by Di Turner
fig. c Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166228563
Pappea capensis, photographed by Di Turner
fig. d Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 156241445
Pappea capensis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. e Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 147439369
Pappea capensis, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. f Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136293362
Pappea capensis, photographed by Hildegard Klein
fig. g Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125941782
Pappea capensis, photographed by Hildegard Klein
fig. h Hildegard Klein, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124584315

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Pappea capensis is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Yemen AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesDjiboutiDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweOmanYemen
Native distribution of Pappea capensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Cape Provinces CPP
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Nephelium capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Baill.
  • Pappea capensis var. radkloferi Schinz
  • Pappea fulva Conrath
  • Pappea radlkoferi Schweinf. ex Penz.
  • Pappea schumanniana Schinz
  • Pappea ugandensis Baker f.
  • Sapindus pappea Sond.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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