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Tylosema esculentum (Burch.)A.Schreib.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Tylosema (Schweinf.)Torre & Hillc.

Tylosema esculentum (Burch.)A.Schreib. [Preferred name]
    Bauhinia bainesii Schinz {Synonym}
    Bauhinia esculenta Burch. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Camel's Foot [1902]; Gemsbuck Bean [107]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Botswana (N) [107]; Namibia (N) [107]; South Africa (N) [107]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; grassland. [107];
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; wooded grassland. [107];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [107, 206] ; Illustration [206]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [107, 121, 206]; Forage [206]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

107.

  Ross, J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

121.

  Watt, J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk, M, 1962
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa

206.

  Verdoorn, I.C., 1959
    Fl.Pl.Africa 33:t.1311. Bauhinia esculenta.

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505
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