TYLOSEMA ESCULENTUM
Author:
Annelis Schreiber, 1960
Family:
FABACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München3: 611 (1960)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
30 Centimetres
Height:
300 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Bauhinia bainesii, Schinz.
Bauhinia burkeana, Benth. ex Harv. & Sond.
Bauhinia esculenta, William John Burchell, 1824.
Phanera burkeana, Benth. (By mistake: Tylosema esculenta)
This member of the Fabaceae family was given this name by Annelis Schreiber in 1960. It is found in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained sandy soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 30 centimetres or even bigger in diameter, the entire plant to three metres long, climbing on the ground. The flowers are yellow-orange.
The genera name refers to the torulose seed. The species name means 'edible'. A 277 kg plant been recorded in Botswana. Wild plant by H. Moss, Plantsoftheworldonline.org. The flower by E. Erb, Tropical.theferns.info.
Flower
Yellow-Orange
Soil
Sandy
Water
Medium
Sun
Maximum
