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Maerua edulis - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Makutupora, Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 1/2014 © Jörn Germer

Maerua edulis - Branch with flowers - Click to enlarge!

Branch with flowers; Makutupora, Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 1/2014 © Jörn Germer

Maerua edulis - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Makutupora, Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 1/2014 © Jörn Germer

Maerua edulis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Makutupora, Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 1/2014 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2165
Date of entry: 07.02.2014
Last update: 12.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Capparales (35)

        Family: Capparaceae (6)(family description)

          Genus: Maerua (2)

            Epithet: edulis (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf (6)

edulis => edible

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: beige, white

External links

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