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Sesamothamnus rivae
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Sesamothamnus rivae

Sesamothamnus rivae is a species of flowering plant in the family Pedaliaceae. It is a caudiciform shrub or small tree native to eastern Africa, where it is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. The plant is known for its swollen, water-storing trunk (pachycaul) and is adapted to seasonally dry tropical biomes.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 181969.