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Aerva tomentosa
About
Aerva javanica, the kapok bush or desert cotton, is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It has a native distribution incorporating much of Africa, and the south-west and south of Asia, and it has become adventitious in northern Australia.
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Aerva tomentosa
- Slug
- aerva-tomentosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Aerva
- Species
- tomentosa
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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