Crabbea

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.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyAcanthaceae

Native toAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho

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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

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Acanthaceae
Image: Crabbea nana (Acanthaceae) - 33476314218.jpg

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taxon name: Crabbea
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=3022
topic's main category: Category:Crabbea
Commons category: Crabbea
taxon common name: 莽银花属

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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.

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