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Barbbells
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Barbbells

Trichodesma

Trichodesma is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. There are about 40 to 45 species distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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35 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Trichodesma calycosum

speciesTrichodesma calycosum

camel bush

speciesTrichodesma zeylanicum

Indian borage

speciesTrichodesma indicum

African Barbbell

speciesTrichodesma africanum

Chocolate Bells

speciesTrichodesma physaloides

Clasping-leaf Borage

speciesTrichodesma inaequale

Trichodesma incanum

speciesTrichodesma incanum

Trichodesma angustifolium

speciesTrichodesma angustifolium

Trichodesma calcaratum

speciesTrichodesma calcaratum

Trichodesma boissieri

speciesTrichodesma boissieri

Trichodesma ambacense

speciesTrichodesma ambacense

Trichodesma ehrenbergii

speciesTrichodesma ehrenbergii

Socotran borage

speciesTrichodesma scottii

Trichodesma laxiflorum

speciesTrichodesma laxiflorum

Trichodesma hildebrandtii

speciesTrichodesma hildebrandtii

Trichodesma microcalyx

speciesTrichodesma microcalyx

Trichodesma stocksii

speciesTrichodesma stocksii

Trichodesma cinereum

speciesTrichodesma cinereum

Trichodesma arenicola

speciesTrichodesma arenicola

Trichodesma podlechii

speciesTrichodesma podlechii

Trichodesma vanmeelii

speciesTrichodesma vanmeelii

Trichodesma afghanicum

speciesTrichodesma afghanicum

Trichodesma aucheri

speciesTrichodesma aucheri

Trichodesma bamianicum

speciesTrichodesma bamianicum

Trichodesma baumii

speciesTrichodesma baumii

Trichodesma bequaertii

speciesTrichodesma bequaertii

Trichodesma decurrens

speciesTrichodesma decurrens

Trichodesma elymaiticum

speciesTrichodesma elymaiticum

Trichodesma griffithii

speciesTrichodesma griffithii

Trichodesma khasianum

speciesTrichodesma khasianum

Trichodesma lithospermoides

speciesTrichodesma lithospermoides

Trichodesma macrocarpum

speciesTrichodesma macrocarpum

Trichodesma marsabiticum

speciesTrichodesma marsabiticum

Trichodesma mudgalii

speciesTrichodesma mudgalii

Trichodesma paktiense

speciesTrichodesma paktiense

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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 85376.