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Kambroos
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Kambroos

Fockea

Fockea is a genus of succulent scrubs native to southern Africa, known collectively as water roots, a reference to their characteristic bulbous caudex, which is edible in at least some species.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Comaru

speciesFockea comaru

Mountain Kambroo

speciesFockea edulis

Cape Kambro

speciesFockea capensis

Python Vine

speciesFockea multiflora

Kambroo

speciesFockea angustifolia

Kambaroo

speciesFockea sinuata

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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 431044.