Tylosema esculentum (Burch.) A. Schreib. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Tylosema

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Cercidoideae

Tribe:

Cercideae

Subtribe:

Bauhiniinae

Nomen number:

411903

Place of publication:

Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3:611. 1960

Verified:

05/17/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Bauhinia esculenta Burch.

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Reference(s)

PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Castro, S. et al. 2005. Systematic studies in Tylosema (Leguminosae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 147:109-110.
Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

Common names

English
gemsbok-bean –
marama-bean –
French
bauhinia –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Gauteng
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	North-West

Native
Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Gauteng, Limpopo, North-West]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	potential as pulse		National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Human food	potential as vegetable		National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future