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Maerua cafra

Common names: Common bush-cherry, White-wood, Witbos

Family: Capparaceae

... Botanical Garden Added to by Y Reynolds October 2001 Maerua cafra is an evergreen shrub or small tree that grows ... Plants of Africa shows the flowers, fruits and leaves. Maerua cafra is very variable and can occur as a low bush on ... in Gauteng and the Northern Province towards Zimbabwe. Maerua The common bush-cherry can be propagated from seeds ...

29 / 10 / 2001 | Thompson T Mutshinyalo | Walter Sisulu NBG

Common names: bead-bean tree, bead-pod-tree, knobbly-bean tree (Eng.); knoppiesboontjieboom (Afr.); umenwayo, umgodithi (Zulu); umvitsi (Swati.); mogôgwane, mooman

Family: Capparaceae

... the author thanks Geoff Nichols for the pictures. Maerua angolensis forms quite a thick, roundish crown; this ... The rounded, brown seeds are embedded in a slimy pulp. Maerua angolensis is not a South African endemic; the ... keeping internal parasites of kudu and bushbuck at bay. Maerua The bead-bean tree does not have a vigorous root ...

06 / 07 / 2020 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG