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Genus: Markhamia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Lamiales > Family: Bignoniaceae

A total of 10 species, found in tropical Africa, and Asia, with two species native to southern Africa, and one cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Markhamia obtusifolia

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Markhamia zanzibarica (Bell-bean)

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Markhamia lutea

[= Markhamia platycalyx]

Native to tropical Africa.