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Boscia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid II > Order: Brassicales > Family: Capparaceae

There are 37 species (Africa and Arabian Peninsula), of which nine are native to southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI).

Boscia albitrunca (Shepherd's tree)        

 

Boscia angustifolia

 

Boscia foetida

 

Boscia matabelensis

 

Boscia microphylla

 

Boscia mossambicensis

 

Boscia oleoides

 

Boscia salicifolia

 

Boscia tomentosa

 
 

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