Sphedamnocarpus pruriens(A.Juss.) Szyszył.

WFO wfo-0001076519 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. a Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-02 / obs. 189099433
Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. b Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183856683
Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, photographed by Shaun Swanepoel
fig. c Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182727308
Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 140747422
Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. e Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136295291
Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, photographed by Marianne Le Roux
fig. f Marianne Le Roux, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124651832
Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. g Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 118722342
Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, photographed by James Deacon
fig. h James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 116376634

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Sphedamnocarpus pruriens is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesEswatiniFree StateKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Sphedamnocarpus pruriens, 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
Eswatini SWZ
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

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 16 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.

  • Acridocarpus angolensis A.Juss.
  • Acridocarpus galphimiifolius A.Juss.
  • Acridocarpus pruriens A.Juss.
  • Anomalopterys angolensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze
  • Anomalopterys galphimiifolia Kuntze
  • Anomalopterys pruriens (A.Juss.) Kuntze
  • Sphedamnocarpus angolensis (A.Juss.) Planch. ex Oliv.
  • Sphedamnocarpus galphimiifolius Szyszył.
  • Sphedamnocarpus latifolia Nied.
  • Sphedamnocarpus pruriens var. pruriens
  • Sphedamnocarpus pulcherrimus Engl. & Gilg
  • Sphedamnocarpus rogersii Burtt Davy
  • Sphedamnocarpus transvaalicus Burtt Davy
  • Sphedamnocarpus wilmsii Engl.
  • Sphedamnocarpus woodianus Arènes
  • Triaspis transvalica Kuntze

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. 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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