Thilachium africanum
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| Thilachium africanum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Genus: | Thilachium |
| Species: | T. africanum |
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| Thilachium africanum | |
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Thilachium africanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Capparaceae.[2][3] This shrub or small tree is native to Eswatini, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, the Northern Provinces, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.[2]
The species grows up to 7 meters tall with tuberous roots; branches are brown or grey and lenticellate.[4] Leaves: simple or 3-foliate; leaflets obovate to elliptic in outline and with a leathery surface, the leaflets are about 3-9 cm long and 1-5 cm wide, apex is obtuse to rounded while base is cuneate to rounded.[4] Inflorescence is terminal or axillary raceme like, white and green with spreading and wavy stamens.[5] Fruit is cucumber like in shape, ellipsoid and up to 6 cm long and contains numerous seeds.[4]