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Maerua triphylla

Botanic Family

Capparaceae

Author

A. Richard

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Comoros
• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Yemen
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Lakeside
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• May

Twining shrub or tree with trifoliolate leaves, mucronulate leaflets minutely pubescent becoming glabrous, central leaflet to 50mm long, white flowers in axillary racemes, fruit to 12mm diameter

Further References

• Mobot
• FOTA
• The Plant List 2