Erythrina acanthocarpa
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| Erythrina acanthocarpa | |
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| Queenstown Area, Cape Province | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Erythrina |
| Species: | E. acanthocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythrina acanthocarpa | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Corallodendron acanthocarpum (E.Mey.) Kuntze | |
Erythrina acanthocarpa (common name - Tambuki thorn)[2] is a species of Erythrina in the family Fabaceae, and was first described in 1835 by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer.[1][3] It is found in South Africa, where it is native to the Cape and Northern Provinces, but introduced in Free State.[1] It is a succulent, nitrogen-fixing shrub.[4]
The species epithet, acanthocarpos, derives from two Greek words, akanthos (spine, thorn) and karpos (fruit) and thus describes the plant as having spiny fruits.[5]
