EPPO Global Database

Tylosema esculentum(BAUES)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BAUES
  • Preferred name: Tylosema esculentum
  • Authority: (Burchell) A. Schreiber

Notes

Angola to South Africa. A procumbent vine growing from underground tubers (fruits amd tubers are edible). 


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Bauhinia esculenta Burchell

Common names
Name Language
camel's foot tree English
gemsbuck bean English
marama bean English
tamany berry English
Gemsbockbohnenbaum German
haricot de gemsbock French
feijoeiro-marama Portuguese
maramaboontjie Afrikaans