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Maerua senegalensis

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Name

Identification
Maerua senegalensis R.Br. ex A.Rich. [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Maerua schinzii Pax [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Maerua angolensis
  • Maerua angloensis
  • Maerua de-wailly
  • Maerua senegalensis
  • Maerua schinzii
  • Maerua crassifolia

Flora

Entry for Maerua crassifolia Forsk. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 1,
Names
Maerua crassifolia Forsk. [family CAPPARACEAE], —Gilg & Benedict in Engl. Bot.Jahrb. 53: 250 (1915); Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 164; Aubrév.Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 53.
Maerua rigida R.Br. [family CAPPARACEAE], —F.T.A. 1: 86; Gilg & Benedict l.c.251
Maerua senegalensis R.Br. ex A. Rich. [family CAPPARACEAE], in Guill& PerrFlSeneg28, t7; Chevl.c165 (excl. spec. De Wailly).
Maerua trichocarpa Gilg & Benedict [family CAPPARACEAE], l.c256.
Information
Tree, 20–30 ft. high, often with twisted branches and smooth bark; in the drier savannahs and Sahara; flowers white, sweet-scented.
Habitat
; in the drier savannahs and Sahara; flowers white, sweet-scented.
Range
extends to Eastern Sudan, Egypt and Arabia
Distribution
Sen. Richard Tol (Feb.) Roger 9!Fr. Sud. Timbuktu (July) Chev. 1211!Fr. Nig. various localities fide Chev. l.c.N. Nig. Sokoto (Feb.) Lely 807! Hadeija (Mar.) Dalz. 141! Kukawa (Feb.) E. Vogel 63!
Distribution (external)
Mauritania
Central
Sahara

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