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Cleome spinosa

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Contributors
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID644012067dbae631054554
Scientific name Cleome spinosa
Authority Jacq.
First published in Enum. Syst. Pl. : 26 (1760)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
• Ornamental cut flower and landscape plant for summer bedding, mixed borders, and container displays; widely traded by commercial growers under the names “spider flower” or “cleome.” (Color, form, and seasonal performance are the primary commercial attributes.)

Industrial and craft applications:
• Limited documented industrial or craft uses; material is typically used as a fresh ornamental rather than a processed product.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
• No established food or beverage uses are recorded for this taxon in standard food-reference sources.

Colorants and tanning:
• No documented natural dye or tanning applications are recorded for this taxon.

Wood and fiber:
• No timber or fiber uses are recorded.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
• Flowers are noted in horticultural literature for a strong, sweet fragrance that can be detectable at a distance. Cosmetics/perfume applications are not documented in standard fragrance databases or monographs.

Properties relevant to use:
• Ornamental traits include tall, airy habit; persistent floral display with conspicuous stamens; and strong scent noted by cultivar lists and industry descriptors; these characteristics underpin cut-flower and landscape use. Published references do not provide quantitative sensory or chemical data for fragrance.

Standards and regulation:
• Ornamental plant marketing typically follows national plant-pesticide and phytosanitary regulations (e.g., U.S. FIFRA; EU plant health rules); no dedicated ISO/ASTM/EN standards for this species are recorded.

Sustainability and sourcing:
• Plant material in commerce is largely propagated by seed or cuttings; wild collection is not a typical supply pathway; organic certification may apply at the grower level but no species-specific sustainability standards are recorded.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Cleome erucago Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 6 (1768)
Cleome heptaphylla L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 987 (1763)
Cleome pubescens Sims Bot. Mag. 43: t. 1857 (1816)
Cleome pungens Willd. Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 2: 689. 1809 [Jun 1809]
Cleome pungens var. swartziana Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 16 (1859)
Cleome sandwicensis A.Gray U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 65 (1854)
Cleome spinosa Sw. Obs. 252.
Cleome spinosa f. pungens (Willd.) Eichler Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(1): 253. 1865 [1 Dec 1865]
Cleome spinosa var. subinermis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 38 (1891)
Cleome tonduzii Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 375 (1914)
Neocleome spinosa (Jacq.) Small Man. S.E. Fl. [Small] 577. 1933 [30 Nov 1933]
Tarenaya spinosa (Jacq.) Raf. Sylva Tellur. 111. 1838 [Oct-Dec 1838]
Cleome viminea Schrad. Linnaea 10(Litt.): 109 (1836)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English spiny spiderflower
Czech luštěnice trnitá
German spinnenblume
Hebrew פרח העכביש
Indonesian mamang besar
Korean 풍접초
Dutch kattensnor
Quechua chawqa mayu
Swedish paradisblomster
war tarenaya hassleriana
Chinese 醉蝶花
Chinese 紫龙须
Chinese 白花菜
Chinese 刺白花菜
Chinese 西洋白花菜

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.
needs oscillating temperatures

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Nepal
    • Indo-China
      • Vietnam
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Pennsylvania
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Florida
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • New Caledonia
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador
      • Peru

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000611610
USDA Plants CLSP3
Tropicos 5900159
INPN 448179
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60589-2
The Plant List kew-2727610
Observations.org 431872
Nature Serve 2.155295
IPNI 60589-2
iNaturalist 160709
GBIF 3054201
Freebase /m/0nbdhtm
EPPO CLESP
USDA GRIN 157
Wikipedia Cleome_spinosa
CMAUP NPO21904
CMAUP NPO774

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Saturated hydrocarbons / Alkanes
Nonacosane 12409 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC 408.80 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acyl glycosides / Fatty acyl glycosides of mono- and disaccharides
6S,9R-Roseoside 9930064 Click to see 386.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
1-Hexacosanol 68171 Click to see 382.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Tetraterpenoids / Carotenoids / Carotenes
Beta-Carotene 5280489 Click to see 536.90 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids / Limonoids
Epoxyazadiradione 49863985 Click to see CC(=O)OC1CC2C(C(=O)C=CC2(C3C1(C45C(O4)C(=O)C(C5(CC3)C)C6=COC=C6)C)C)(C)C 466.60 unknown via CMAUP database
methyl (1S,2R,3S,4R,8R,9S,10R,13R,15R)-2-acetyloxy-13-(furan-3-yl)-9-(2-methoxy-2-oxoethyl)-4,8,10,12-tetramethyl-7-oxo-16-oxatetracyclo[8.6.0.03,8.011,15]hexadeca-5,11-diene-4-carboxylate 93473232 Click to see 540.60 unknown via CMAUP database
Nimbidic acid 185704 Click to see CC1=C2C(CC1C3=COC=C3)OC4C2(C(C5(C(CC(C6(C5C4OC6)C)O)O)C)CC(=O)O)C 458.50 unknown via CMAUP database
Nimbin 108058 Click to see 540.60 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(3S,8R,9R,10R,13R,14R,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 11870456 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-(3-hydroxy-5-methoxy-4-methylphenoxy)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol 11723266 Click to see CC1=C(C=C(C=C1OC)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)O 316.30 unknown via CMAUP database
[2,6-dihydroxy-3-methyl-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]-phenylmethanone 10393178 Click to see 568.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Azepines
4-hydroxy-7-(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)-1H-azepine-2,5-dione 54749584 Click to see CC(C)(CC1=CC(=O)C(=CC(=O)N1)O)O 211.21 unknown via CMAUP database
Pestalactam A 54749583 Click to see 245.66 unknown via CMAUP database
Pestalactam C 54749585 Click to see 227.64 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Flavanones
(S)-2,3-dihydro-5,7-dihydroxy-8-methyl-2-phenyl-4-benzopyrone 6453244 Click to see 270.28 unknown via CMAUP database
Strobopinin 442520 Click to see CC1=C(C2=C(C=C1O)OC(CC2=O)C3=CC=CC=C3)O 270.28 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
(2S,3S,4S,5R,6S)-6-[6-(5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxochromen-2-yl)-2,3-dihydroxyphenoxy]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid 11798847 Click to see 478.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Kaempferol 5280863 Click to see 286.24 unknown via CMAUP database
Myricetin 5281672 Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O 318.23 unknown via CMAUP database
Quercetin 5280343 Click to see 302.23 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glucuronides / Flavonoid-3-O-glucuronides
Myricetin 3-O-glucuronide 5487413 Click to see 494.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
((2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-2-(5,7-dihydroxy-4-oxo-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)chromen-3-yl)oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-3-yl) 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate 5316590 Click to see 616.50 unknown via CMAUP database
5,6,7,8-tetrahydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 10961589 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=C(C(=C(C(=C3C2=O)O)O)O)O)C4=CC=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O 464.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Afzelin 5316673 Click to see 432.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Astragalin 5282102 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Isoquercetin 5280804 Click to see 464.40 unknown via CMAUP database
myricetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside 5318606 Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 480.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Myricitrin 5281673 Click to see 464.40 unknown via CMAUP database
Quercitrin 5280459 Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
quercetin-7-O-(6''-gallate)-glucoside 100968215 Click to see 616.50 unknown via CMAUP database

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