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Genus: Cleome Life
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Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales
> Family: Cleomaceae
About 275 species (tropics and warm
regions worldwide), with 21 species native to southern
Africa, one species naturalised and a further species that
is 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.
Cleome angustifolia
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Cleome bororensis |
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Cleome carnosa |
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Cleome conrathii |
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Cleome elegantissima |
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Cleome foliosa |
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Cleome gynandra (Cat
whiskers, Spider-wisp, African cabbage) Native to Africa
but is now widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of the World. It
is a nutritious green leafy vegetable and is harvested from wild populations
and is also cultivated for food. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Cleome hirta
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Cleome iberidella |
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Cleome kalachariensis |
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Cleome laburnifolia |
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Cleome macrophylla
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Cleome maculata |
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Cleome monophylla
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Cleome oxyphylla
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Cleome paxii |
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Cleome rubella |
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Cleome schlechteri |
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Cleome semitetrandra |
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Cleome stricta
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Cleome suffruticosa |
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Species naturalised to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Cleome hassleriana (Spider
flower)
Native from Brazil to Argentina. See
Wikipedia |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Cleome spinosa
Native to Central America. |
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