Maerua angolensis DC.
Maerua triphylla A. Rich.
CAPPARACEAE
Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, and
Grace N. Njoroge
Synonyms
Maerua angolensis DC.: Maerua bukobensis Gilg & Gilg-Ben., Maerua currorii
Hook. f., Maerua emarginata Schinz, Maerua lucida Hochst. ex A. Rich., Maerua
retusa Hochst. ex A. Rich., Maerua senegalensis R.Br., Maerua thomsonii
T. Anderson, Maerua tomentosa Pax
Maerua triphylla A. Rich.: Crateva avicularis Burch. ex DC., Crateva caffra
Burch. ex DC., Maerua dupontii Hemsl., Maerua jasminifolia Gilg & Gilg-Ben.,
Maerua trachycarpa Gilg, Maerua trichocarpa Gilg & Gilg-Ben., Maerua variifolia
Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Local Names
Maerua angolensis: Sukuma: Msurula (Kokwaro 2009); Borana: Kaikai;
Gabbra: K’alkacca; Kamba: Mukolekya; Luo: Bware; Maa: Ol-Amaloki;
Pokot: Mandas; Samburu: Luliondo, Loitarkini; Somali: Hamaloshi; Tugen:
R. W. Bussmann (*)
Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia
e-mail: rainer.bussmann@iliauni.edu.ge
N. Y. Paniagua-Zambrana
Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State
University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Saving Knowledge, La Paz, Bolivia
Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
G. N. Njoroge
Department of Botany, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
R. W. Bussmann (ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa, Ethnobotany of
Mountain Regions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_105
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