Cleome rutidosperma DC.
var. rutidosperma

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Basoko town, Aruwimi River

Synonyms:	Cleome ciliata Schumach. & Thonn. Cleome guineensis Hook.f. Cleome thyrsiflora De Wild. & T.Durand Sieruela rutidosperma (DC.) Roalson & J.C.Hall
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Worldwide distribution:	From West Africa to Sudan and South to Agola, Zambia and Mozambique.
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Images last updated:	Thursday 24 April 2025
Literature:	Hauman, L. & Wilczek, R. (1951). Capparidaceae Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi Volume II Pages 514 - 515. as Cleome ciliata Wild, H. (1960). Capparaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Page 198. see Flora Zambesiaca volume 1 part 2: 565 corrections

Flora of Burundi: Cleome rutidosperma var. rutidosperma
Flora of Mozambique: Cleome rutidosperma var. rutidosperma
Flora of Zambia: Cleome rutidosperma var. rutidosperma

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