Species Tylosema esculentum (Burch.)A.Schreib. (Gemsbuck bean)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Fabales
  • ---- family: Fabaceae
  • ----- species: Tylosema esculentum
Characteristics:shrub or small tree, up to 6m tall, large egg-shaped leaves, covered with short, soft, tawny hairs, greenish-white to yellowish flowers in axillary clusters, fruit is a yellow to brown berry
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van der Walt and le Riche 1999: 107; Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 136
Date: 2006-12-04
Place: Corridor, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Gertrud Boden
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Date: 2006-12-04
Place: Corridor, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Gertrud Boden
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2006-12-04
Place: Corridor, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Gertrud Boden
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2006-12-04
Place: Corridor, Omaheke, Namibia
Creator: Gertrud Boden
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
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