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Cadaba farinosa

Botanic Family

Capparaceae

Author

Forsskårl

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• India
• Kenya
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Yemen
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Wooded savanna
• scrubland

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar (Burundi) Nov (Ethiopia) Mar (Kenya)

Fruiting Times

• Sep (Burundi)

Perennial erect, climbing much branched farinose shrub or small tre to 8m. Farinosa mucronulate leaves to 50mm x 30mm. Terminal racemes, flowers with bracts, 4 sepals to 14mm x 4mm, 4 creamy yellow or dirty pink petals to 13mm long with 7mm claw. Fleshy farinose berry to 40mm x 4mm.

Further References

• AJPS
• The Plant List 2
• FTEA