Tylosema
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The genus Tylosema is in the plant family Fabaceae and encompasses four accepted species of perennial legumes native to southern and central Africa. These are semi-woody viniferous plants broadly distributed from Sudan and Ethiopia south to Angola and South Africa.[1] Coetzer and Ross[2] originally described four Tylosema species:
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Tylosema | |
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Marama bean | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Cercidoideae |
Tribe: | Bauhinieae |
Genus: | Tylosema (Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. |
Type species | |
Tylosema fassoglensis (Kotschy ex Schweinf.) Torre & Hillc. | |
Species | |
4–5; see text | |
The range of Tylosema. |
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