Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Plantae
- - phylum: Tracheophyta
- -- class: Liliopsida
- --- order: Asparagales
- ---- family: Asparagaceae
- ----- species: Asparagus bechuanicus
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Characteristics: | greyish-green shrub, up to 6m tall, the branches bear sharp spines, instead of leaves they have modified stems the cladodes, the flowers are cream-white, the fruit is a red to orange berry |
Countries: | - BW
- Botswana
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
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Ecoregions: | - AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
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References: | Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 60 |