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Genus: Maerua
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales
> Family: Capparaceae
About 100 species (tropical Asia,
India and Africa), of which 20 species are
native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
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Maerua angolensis (Bead-bean
tree)
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua brevipetiolata |
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Maerua brunnescens
Recorded from Mozambique.
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Maerua buxifolia
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua cafra (Whitewood
bush-cherry) See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua decumbens
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua edulis |
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Maerua friesii
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua gilgii |
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Maerua juncea
See Flora of Zimbabwe, where it is
split into two subspecies -
M. j. crustata and
M. j. juncea.
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Maerua kaokoensis
Endemic to the Kaokoveld in
northwestern Namibia. See Swanepoel (2006). |
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Maerua kirkii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua nervosa
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua parvifolia
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua prittwitzii
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua racemulosa (Forest
bush-cherry) |
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Maerua rosmarinoides |
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Maerua salicifolia
Recorded from Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Maerua schinzii (Ringwood tree) |
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Maerua triphylla
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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