Vepris lanceolata(Lam.) G.Don

WFO wfo-0001133109 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vepris lanceolata, photographed by Mahomed Desai
fig. a Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 193552861
Vepris lanceolata, photographed by Corne Brink
fig. b Corne Brink, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 69122026
Vepris lanceolata, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. c Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59286916
Vepris lanceolata, photographed by Henry de Lange
fig. d Henry de Lange, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44632026
Vepris lanceolata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 34727601
Vepris lanceolata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 19265608
Vepris lanceolata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 19264468
Vepris lanceolata, photographed by Ren Hoekstra
fig. h Ren Hoekstra, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195151291

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Native range 9 botanical countries

Regions where Vepris lanceolata is native: Cape Provinces, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mauritius, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Rodrigues, Tanzania Cape ProvincesKenyaKwaZulu-NatalMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesTanzania MauritiusRéunionRodrigues
Native distribution of Vepris lanceolata, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Réunion REU
Rodrigues ROD
Tanzania TAN

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 18 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.

  • Asaphes undulata DC.
  • Boscia undulata Thunb.
  • Cranzia lanceolata Kuntze
  • Cranzia paniculata (Lam.) Kuntze
  • Duncania undulata Rchb. ex Steud.
  • Myrica trifoliata L.
  • Scopolia inermis Willd.
  • Scopolia lanceolata (Lam.) F.Dietr.
  • Scopolia paniculata Spreng.
  • Toddalia inermis Pers.
  • Toddalia lanceolata Lam.
  • Toddalia paniculata Lam.
  • Toddalia trifoliata Druce
  • Vepris obovata G.Don
  • Vepris paniculata (Lam.) Engl.
  • Vepris querimbensis Klotzsch
  • Vepris undulata (Thunb.) I.Verd. & C.A.Sm.
  • Zanthoxylum undulatum Wall.

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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