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Internal ID UUID643ffe8f9bdb3889657256
Scientific name Talinum caffrum
Authority (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
First published in Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. : 282 (1836)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Portulaca caffra Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 85 (1800)
Anacampseros ramosa E.Mey. ex Sond. Fl. Cap. 2: 385 1862
Talinum esculentum Dinter & G.Schellenb. Veg. Veldkost Südw.-Afrik. : 12 (1912)

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Language Common/alternative name
English flameflower
English porcupine root
Afrikaans vygiebossie
Afrikaans osbos
Afrikaans osbossie
Afrikaans wildevygie
Afrikaans ystervarkkos
Afrikaans ystervarkwortel
nso kellerathla
ss mphunyuka
st khutsana
Chinese 加花土人参
Zulu mpunyu
Zulu umpungu
Zulu umpunyu
Zulu uphunyuka bemphethe
Zulu inkucula
Zulu impunyu
Zulu impunu

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Lesotho
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Rwanda

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000454466
USDA Plants TACA16
Tropicos 26200291
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:699483-1
The Plant List kew-2513281
Open Tree Of Life 1009714
NCBI Taxonomy 107602
IPNI 699483-1
iNaturalist 595106
GBIF 4022602
EOL 6159344

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Exploring the Use of Indigenous Wild Vegetables by the Basotho People of Southern Africa: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature and Nutritional Analysis of Selected Species Tshikororo RR, Ajao AA, Moteetee AN Foods 20-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10378859
doi:10.3390/foods12142763
PMID:37509855
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Water availability, bedrock, disturbance by herbivores, and climate determine plant diversity in South-African savanna Hejda M, Čuda J, Pyšková K, Zambatis G, Foxcroft LC, MacFadyen S, Storch D, Tropek R, Pyšek P Sci Rep 10-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8748544
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02870-3
PMID:35013353
Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa Rasethe MT, Semenya SS, Maroyi A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 16-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6500648
doi:10.1155/2019/2609532
PMID:31118951
Ethnobotanical knowledge of the lay people of Blouberg area (Pedi tribe), Limpopo Province, South Africa Mongalo NI, Makhafola TJ J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 13-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6044033
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0245-4
PMID:30001728
Medicinal Plants Used as Home Remedies: A Family Survey by First Year Medical Students Sewani-Rusike CR, Mammen M Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 23-Aug-2014
PMCID:PMC4202520
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v11i5.11
PMID:25395707

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