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Crabbea
Sign in to saveCrabbea is a genus of flowering plants native to eastern and southern Africa. They are generally low-growing perennial herbs. The five-petaled flowers are surrounded by prickly bracts.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Crabbea, and connects out to plant, Wikidata and Angiosperms.
It sits within the topics Acanthaceae, Acanthaceae genera and Flora of the Afrotropical realm.
Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyAcanthaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Collections
- CAS, GH, NY, TAES, UPS, VT
- Recorded in
- Zambia, South Africa, Tanzania, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Malawi, Kenya
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Acanthaceae
- Image
- Crabbea nana (Acanthaceae) - 33476314218.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- taxon name
- Crabbea
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Crabbea
- Commons category
- Crabbea
- taxon common name
- 莽银花属
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Crabbea is a genus of flowering plants native to eastern and southern Africa. They are generally low-growing perennial herbs. The five-petaled flowers are surrounded by prickly bracts.
The small leaves of some species of Crabbea are used as part of a Xhosa food called imifino (boiled leaf vegetables), or as a condiment or relish to accompany grains. A Xhosa common name for these plants is krakrisa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crabbea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
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