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Maerua decumbens

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Author: Gordon Parker DeWolf Jr, 1964
Family:  CAPPARACEAE
Origin:  Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Soil:  Sand - Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  25 Centimetres
Height:  1-2 Metre
Flower:  White - Yellow
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  Blue Bush-Cherry
Synonyms:  Courbonia decumbens, Adolphe Théodore de Brongniart, 1863.
Courbonia brevipilosa, Gilg.

This member of the Capparaceae family was given this name by Gordon Parker DeWolf in 1964. It is found in Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in sand or other well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The swollen stem can grow to 25 centimetres and the plant can grow to one or even two metres height. The flowers are white to yellow.

The genera name from the the plant's Arabic name: Meru. The species from Latin decumbent for it growth habit: Reclining at base with tips upright; decum bent.


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