| Cleome gynandra |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Rosids |
| Order: |
Brassicales |
| Family: |
Cleomaceae |
| Genus: |
Cleome |
| Species: |
C. gynandra |
| Binomial name |
Cleome gynandra
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| world range |
| Synonyms |
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- Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn.
- Cleome affinis (Blume) Spreng. nom. illeg.
- Cleome alliacea Blanco
- Cleome alliodora Blanco
- Cleome blumeana D.Dietr.
- Cleome bungei Steud.
- Cleome candelabrum Sims
- Cleome denticulata Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome eckloniana Schrad.
- Cleome flexuosa F.Dietr. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome heterotricha Burch.
- Cleome muricata (Schrad.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cleome oleracea Welw.
- Cleome pentaphylla L.
- Cleome pubescens Sieber ex Steud.
- Cleome rosea Eckl. ex Steud. nom. inval.
- Cleome triphylla L.
- Gymnogonia pentaphylla (L.) R. Br. ex Steud.
- Gynandropsis affinis Blume
- Gynandropsis candelabrum (Sims) Sweet
- Gynandropsis denticulata DC.
- Gynandropsis glandulosa C.Presl
- Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.
- Gynandropsis heterotricha DC.
- Gynandropsis muricata Schrad.
- Gynandropsis ophitocarpa DC.
- Gynandropsis palmipes DC.
- Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.
- Gynandropsis pentaphylla Blanco
- Gynandropsis sinica Miq.
- Gynandropsis triphylla DC.
- Gynandropsis viscida Bunge
- Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank
- Pedicellaria triphylla (L.) Pax
- Podogyne pentaphylla (L.) Hoffmanns.
- Sinapistrum pentaphyllum (L.) Medik.
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Cleome gynandra is a species of Cleome that is used as a leaf vegetable. It is known by many common names including Shona cabbage, African cabbage, spiderwisp, cat's whiskers, and stinkweed. It is an annual wildflower native to Africa but has become widespread in many tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world.