| Erythrina acanthocarpa | |
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| Queenstown Area, Cape Province | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Erythrina |
| Species: | E. acanthocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Corallodendron acanthocarpum (E.Mey.) Kuntze | |
Erythrina acanthocarpa (common name - Tambuki thorn) is a species of Erythrina in the family Fabaceae, and was first described in 1835 by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer. It is found in South Africa, where it is native to the Cape and Northern Provinces, but introduced in Free State. It is a succulent, nitrogen-fixing shrub.
Etymology
The species epithet, acanthocarpos, derives from two Greek words, akanthos (spine, thorn) and karpos (fruit) and thus describes the plant as having spiny fruits.
Conservation status
Under the South African Red Listing of taxa under threat, it is listed as being of "least concern."
References
- ^ "Erythrina acanthocarpa E.Mey. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- Meyer, E.H.F. (1835). Commentariorum de plantis Africae Australioris :quas per octo annos collegit observationibusque manuscriptis. Illustravit Joannes Franciscus Drege. Leipzig. p. 151.
- "Erythrina acanthocarpa E. Mey. - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- "acanthocarpus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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