Maerua aethiopica (Fenzl) Oliv.

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Maerua aethiopica

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.

Maerua aethiopica

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Mbita (Kumbula) Island, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.

Maerua aethiopica

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Lunzua River, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.

Maerua aethiopica

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Lunzua River, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.

Maerua aethiopica

Photo: Nicholas Wightman
Lunzua River, Mpulungu, Mpulungu Distr., Northern Prov.

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Synonyms: Maerua cerasicarpa Gilg
Maerua sphaerogyna Gilg & Gilg-Ben
Niebuhria aethiopica Fenzl
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Shrub up to 7 m. tall, glabrous except for the sepal margins, with green, striate branches; leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets 1.5–4 x 1–2.4 cm., broadly elliptic, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, apex subacute, mucronulate, base broadly cuneate or rounded; petiole up to 3 cm. long, striate; petiolules up to 6 mm. long, channelled and papillose-verrucose above; inflorescence of lax, few-flowered racemes, terminal or axillary; pedicels up to 1.7 cm. long; sepals greenish, 6–8 x 3–5 mm., oblong, apex rounded and acuminate, margins densely white-puberulous; petals 4.5 x 2 mm., broadly elliptic, acute at the apex, shortly clawed at the base; androgynophore distinctly longer than the receptacle; stamens c. 25, filaments up to 2 cm. long; ovary on a gynophore up to 2.2 cm. long, ovoid; fruit up to 1.75 cm. in diam., globose, shining, almost smooth; seeds several, c. 6 mm. in diam., subglobose.
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Derivation of specific name: aethiopica: a term of classical use referring to Africa south of Libya and Egypt
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Flowering time:Aug - Jan
Worldwide distribution: Chad, Ethiopia and Sudan south through Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 156. (Includes a picture).

Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 217 - 223. Under the synonym M. cerasicarpa Gilg). (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Maerua aethiopica
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Maerua aethiopica
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Maerua aethiopica
JSTOR Plant Science: Maerua aethiopica
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Maerua aethiopica
Plants of the World Online: Maerua aethiopica
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Wikipedia: Maerua aethiopica


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Maerua aethiopica.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=193130, retrieved 29 March 2024

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