Black Storm

Cadaba aphylla

(Thunb.) Wild Species

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Botanical name
Cadaba aphylla
Also known as
Black Storm, Leafless Cadaba, Leafless Wormbush
Family
Capparaceae
Genus
Cadaba
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Black Storm

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Cadaba aphylla but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cadaba juncea Cadaba juncea Cadaba juncea Cleome aphylla Cleome chrysogyna Cleome intermedia Cleome longistyla Cleome pichinchensis Cleome sodiroi Macromerum junceum Schepperia aphylla Schepperia juncea

Others in Cadaba

Cadaba fruticosa
Cadaba farinosa
Cadaba glandulosa
Cadaba ruspolii
Cadaba benguellensis
Cadaba divaricata
Cadaba baccarinii
Cadaba barbigera

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