Cadaba
| Cadaba | |
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| Cadaba fruticosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Genus: | Cadaba Forssk. |
| Species | |
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About 30, see text | |
Cadaba is a genus of shrubs in family Capparaceae. There are about 30 species.[1] Some species are classified as famine food in southern Ethiopia.[2]
Species include
- Cadaba aphylla
- Cadaba farinosa
- Cadaba fruticosa
- Cadaba glandulosa
- Cadaba insularis
- Cadaba kirkii
- Cadaba natalensis
- Cadaba termitaria
References
- ↑ PlantzAfrica: Cadaba aphylla
- ↑ Yves Guinand and Dechassa Lemessa, "Wild-Food Plants in Southern Ethiopia: Reflections on the role of 'famine-foods' at a time of drought" UN-OCHA Report, March 2000 (accessed 15 January 2009)
External links
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Cadaba&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Cadaba"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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