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Fountainbushes and Dotty Peas
Psoralea
Psoralea is a genus in the legume family (Fabaceae) with 121 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs native to southern and eastern Africa, ranging from Kenya to South Africa. In South Africa they are commonly referred to as fountainbush (English); fonteinbos, bloukeur, or penwortel (Afrikaans); and umHlonishwa (Zulu).
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first
True Fountainbushes
subgenusPsoralea
Cape Dotty Peas
subgenusOtholobium
Hallia
subgenusHallia
Psoralea lancifolia
speciesPsoralea lancifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 60561.