Maerua afra(MAECA)
Overview Code created in: 2020-04-20
- EPPO Code: MAECA
- Preferred name: Maerua afra
- Authority: (de Candolle) Pax
Zimbabwe, South Africa
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Maerua cafra | (de Candolle) Pax |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| common bush-cherry | English (ZA) |
| gewone witbos | Afrikaans |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Malvids (
1MAVD )
Order
Brassicales (
1CAPO )
Family
Capparaceae (
1CAPF )
Genus
Maerua (
1MAEG )
Species
Maerua afra (
MAECA )