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Taxon:
Tylosema esculentum
(Burch.) A. Schreib.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Tylosema
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Cercidoideae
Tribe:
Cercideae
Subtribe:
Bauhiniinae
Nomen number:
411903
Place of publication:
Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3:611. 1960
Verified:
05/17/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bauhinia esculenta
Burch.
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Reference(s)
Castro, S. et al.
2005. Systematic studies in
Tylosema
(Leguminosae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 147:109-110.
Dyer, R. A. et al., eds.
1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Tylosema+esculentum&quantity=1
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
gemsbok-bean –
Reference(s)
marama-bean –
Reference(s)
French
bauhinia –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Gauteng
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Limpopo
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
North-West
Native
Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
[Gauteng, Limpopo, North-West]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
potential as pulse
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Human food
potential as vegetable
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Name
References