Angle-Stem Spikethorn

Gymnosporia heterophylla

(Eckl. & Zeyh.) Loes. Species

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Botanical name
Gymnosporia heterophylla
Also known as
Angle-Stem Spikethorn
Family
Celastraceae
Genus
Gymnosporia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Angle-Stem Spikethorn

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Other names for this plant

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

Cassine latifolia var. heterophylla Catha cymosa Catha heterophylla Catha parvifolius Catha venenata Celastrus angularis Celastrus buxifolius var. venenatus Celastrus cymosus Celastrus glomeratus Celastrus glomeratus Celastrus heterophyllus Celastrus heterophyllus var. glomeratus Celastrus parvifolius Celastrus venenatus Elaeodendron glaucum Gymnosporia angularis Gymnosporia buxifolia var. venenata Gymnosporia glauca Gymnosporia nyassica Gymnosporia trigyna var. macrocarpa Gymnosporia woodii var. polyantha Maytenus heterophylla

Others in Gymnosporia

Gymnosporia integrifolia
Gymnosporia linearis subsp. linearis
Gymnosporia punctata
Gymnosporia andongensis
Gymnosporia arbutifolia
Gymnosporia arbutifolia subsp. arbutifolia
Gymnosporia arbutifolia subsp. sidamoensis
Gymnosporia berberoides

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