Hydnora africana Thunb.

Monteiro, Francisca, Costa, Esperança Da, Kissanga, Raquel, Costa, José Carlos & Catarino, Luís, 2022, An annotated checklist of the vascular flora of Quiçama National Park, Angola, Phytotaxa 557 (1), pp. 1-67 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.557.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7004300
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C087B3-F67E-9765-D1C2-FE07B6F7FDDE
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hydnora africana Thunb.
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Hydnora africana Thunb. View in CoL

Perennial herb, without chlorophyll, parasite at roots of Euphorbiaceae .

C.N.: diximbo, maximbo, machimus, ximbo, xinde (fruit) (kb).

Uses: firewood, food, medicinal.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Piperales
Family	Hydnoraceae
Genus	Hydnora

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