Maerua glauca Chiov.

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Capparaceae > Maerua

Characteristics

Small very twiggy scandent and twining bush, up to 3 m. tall, glabrous but for the margin of the sepals.. Twigs grey.. Leaves petiolate, simple or 1-foliolate; blade with petiolule up to 2.5 mm. long, oblong-oval, 18–50 mm. long, 8–14 mm. wide, obtuse, mucronate, basally rounded or subcordate; petiole 4–10 mm. long.. Inflorescence a terminal few-flowered corymbose raceme; pedicels 7–8 mm. long.. Sepals 4–5 mm. long, marginally tomentellous; receptacle shortly campanulate, ± 1.25 mm. long.. Petals ± 2 mm. long, white.. Stamens 6–7; filaments ± 7.5 mm. long.. Ovary ellipsoid-spheroid.. Young fruits spheroid, verrucose; mature ones unknown.
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A scrambling shrub. It can grow 3 m tall.
Life form perennial
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 100-600 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food food additive material medicinal
Edible fruits roots seeds
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Distribution

Maerua glauca world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147703-1
WFO ID wfo-0001290563
COL ID 735HD
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Synonyms

Maerua gorinii Maerua glauca