Cleome rutidosperma DC.

English: Consumption weed, Fringed spiderflower

Mandarin: 皱子白花菜 (zhou zi bai hua cai)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Brassicales (19)

        Family: Cleomaceae (9)(family description)

          Genus: Cleome (8)

            Epithet: rutidosperma DC. (1)

Synonym: Cleome ciliata Schumacher

ciliata => fringed, as with eyelashes

rutidosperma => dark red seeds

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: blue, purple, violet, white

Check for Cleome rutidosperma at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [223] Cleome rutidosperma - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [755] Cleome rutidosperma - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1635] Cleome rutidosperma - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.