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Tara
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Tara

Delonix edulis

Delonix edulis (Malagasy:Tara) is a species of edible wild plant native to southwest Madagascar. The plant grows in semi-arid tropical zones with annual rainfall less than 400 mm, from sea level up to 100 meters elevation.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Tara in The Anatomy of Plants (Vol. 2)

The Anatomy of Plants (Vol. 2)

Nehemiah Grew · 1682 · p.412

Tara in Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.541

Tara in History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.130

Tara in Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.59

Tara in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

1507 · p.483

Tara in Historia naturalis Brasiliae

Historia naturalis Brasiliae

Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.209

Tara in Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan

Selected Illustrations of Plants Collected in Japan

Engelbert Kaempfer · 1712 · p.87

Tara in Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.842

Tara in De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica

De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica

Willem Piso · 1658 · p.285

Tara in New Genera of Plants

New Genera of Plants

Pier Antonio Micheli · 1729 · p.323

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In the stacks

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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 866238.