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Maerua racemulosa
About
Maerua racemulosa is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family, which is almost endemic to South Africa's coastal regions, where it is a constituent of shady forest understory and valley bushveld. They are shrubs or small trees, with mostly simple leaves, and entire margins. They flower profusely in mid-winter. Each flower bears numerous white filaments and a purple style, but no petals. The round fruit appear from August to October. These are yellow when ripe and 1 cm in diameter. It is a food plant for some species of Colotis butterfly.
- Family
- Capparaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Maerua racemulosa
- Slug
- maerua-racemulosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Genus
- Maerua
- Species
- racemulosa
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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