Penaea sarcocolla

Penaea sarcocolla
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (SANBI Red List)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Penaeaceae
Genus:	Penaea
Species:	P. sarcocolla
Binomial name
	Penaea sarcocolla; L.
Synonyms
	Penaea longiflora Meerb. ; Penaea squamosa L. ; Penaea tetragona P.J.Bergius ; Saltera sarcocolla (L.) Bullock ; Sarcocolla linnaei A.Juss. ; Sarcocolla longiflora Kunth ; Sarcocolla minor A.DC. ; Sarcocolla sarcocolla Kuntze ; Sarcocolla squamosa (L.) Endl. ; Sarcocolla tetragona (P.J.Bergius) T.M.Salter ;

Penaea sarcocolla is a species of shrub in the genus Penaea. It is endemic to the Western Cape,^[1] along the coast up to Cape Agulhas and extending inland to Franschhoek, Hottentots Holland Mountains, Villiersdorp and Genadendal.^[3] It is also known as the Cape fellwort.^[3]

It takes its name from a supposed resemblance to sarcocolla, the Asian source of Persian gum.

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