Maerua

Maerua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae. It includes 70 species of shrubs and small trees with its centre of diversity in Africa, though some species extend their range as far north as the Levant, and as far east as the Indian subcontinent and mainland Southeast Asia.

70 species are accepted: Maerua acuminata Oliver Maerua aethiopica Maerua andradae Wild Maerua angolensis DC. Maerua apetala Maerua arenaria Maerua baillonii Maerua boranensis Maerua brevipetiolata Maerua brunnescens Wild Maerua bussei Maerua buxifolia Maerua cafra (DC.) Pax Maerua calantha Maerua candida Maerua crassifolia Forssk. Maerua cylindrocarpa Maerua decumbens Maerua denhardtiorum Maerua descampsii Maerua dewaillyi Maerua duchesnei (De Wild.) F.White Maerua edulis Maerua elegans R.Wilczek Maerua eminii Maerua endlichii Maerua erlangeriana Maerua filiformis Maerua friesii Maerua gilgiana Maerua gilgii Maerua gillettii Maerua glauca Maerua grantii Maerua holstii Maerua homblei Maerua humbertii Maerua intricata Maerua juncea Pax Maerua kaessneri Maerua kaokoensis Maerua kirkii Maerua koratensis Maerua macrantha Maerua mendesii Maerua mungaii Maerua nana Maerua nervosa Maerua nuda Maerua oblongifolia (Forssk.) A.Rich. Maerua paniculata Maerua parvifolia Maerua pintobastoae Maerua polyandra Maerua prittwitzii Maerua pseudopetalosa Maerua puccionii Maerua purpurascens Maerua racemulosa Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua robynsii Maerua rosmarinoides Maerua salicifolia Maerua scandens (Klotzsch) Gilg Maerua schinzii Maerua schliebenii Maerua sessiliflora Maerua siamensis Maerua somalensis Maerua subcordata Maerua triphylla