Cadaba
Cadaba is a genus of shrubs in family Capparaceae, with about 30 species. These have simple, alternately set leaves. The zygomorphic flowers, are solitary or stand in small clusters at the end of short side branches. These flowers consist of four sepals, none or four petals with a narrow claw at base and a wider plate at the top, a tube-shaped nectar producing appendix, four or five stamens that are merged for about half their length...
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Black Storm
speciesCadaba aphylla
Cadaba fruticosa
speciesCadaba fruticosa
Cadaba farinosa
speciesCadaba farinosa
Grey-Leaved Worm Bush
speciesCadaba termitaria
Green-Leaved Wormbush
speciesCadaba natalensis
Cadaba kirkii
speciesCadaba kirkii
Cadaba virgata
speciesCadaba virgata
Cadaba glandulosa
speciesCadaba glandulosa
Silver-Leaved Wormbush
speciesCadaba schroeppelii
Cadaba trifoliata
speciesCadaba trifoliata
Cadaba insularis
speciesCadaba insularis
Cadaba mirabilis
speciesCadaba mirabilis
Cadaba capparoides
speciesCadaba capparoides
Cadaba linearifolia
speciesCadaba linearifolia
Cadaba longifolia
speciesCadaba longifolia
Cadaba rotundifolia
speciesCadaba rotundifolia
Cadaba parvula
speciesCadaba parvula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 184345.