Maerua edulis

Maerua is a genus of flowering plants in the family Capparaceae. It includes 70 species of shrubs and small trees with its centre of diversity in Africa, though some species extend their range as far north as the Levant, and as far east as the Indian subcontinent and mainland Southeast Asia. 70 species are accepted:

Maerua acuminata Oliver Maerua aethiopica (Fenzl) Oliv. Maerua andradae Wild Maerua angolensis DC. Maerua apetala (B.Heyne ex Roth) M.Jacobs Maerua arenaria Hook.f. & Thomson Maerua baillonii Hadj-Moust. Maerua boranensis Chiov. Maerua brevipetiolata Killick Maerua brunnescens Wild Maerua bussei (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) R.Wilczek Maerua buxifolia (Welw. ex Oliv.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua cafra (DC.) Pax Maerua calantha Gilg Maerua candida Gilg Maerua crassifolia Forssk. Maerua cylindrocarpa Hadj-Moust. Maerua decumbens (Brongn.) DeWolf Maerua denhardtiorum Gilg Maerua descampsii De Wild. Maerua dewaillyi Aubrév. & Pellegr. Maerua duchesnei (De Wild.) F.White Maerua edulis (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf Maerua elegans R.Wilczek Maerua eminii Pax Maerua endlichii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua erlangeriana Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua filiformis Drake Maerua friesii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua gilgiana De Wild. Maerua gilgii Schinz Maerua gillettii Kers Maerua glauca Chiov. Maerua grantii Oliv. Maerua holstii Pax Maerua homblei De Wild. Maerua humbertii Hadj-Moust. Maerua intricata Kers Maerua juncea Pax Maerua kaessneri Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua kaokoensis Swanepoel Maerua kirkii (Oliv.) F.White Maerua koratensis Srisanga & Watthana Maerua macrantha Gilg Maerua mendesii J.A.Abreu, E.S.Martins & Catarino Maerua mungaii Beentje Maerua nana R.A.Graham ex Polhill Maerua nervosa (Hochst.) Oliv. Maerua nuda Scott Elliot Maerua oblongifolia (Forssk.) A.Rich. Maerua paniculata Wild Maerua parvifolia Pax Maerua pintobastoae J.A.Abreu, E.S.Martins & Catarino Maerua polyandra R.A.Graham Maerua prittwitzii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua pseudopetalosa (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf Maerua puccionii Chiov. Maerua purpurascens Thulin Maerua racemulosa Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Maerua robynsii R.Wilczek Maerua rosmarinoides (Sond.) Hochst. ex Pax Maerua salicifolia Wild Maerua scandens (Klotzsch) Gilg Maerua schinzii Pax Maerua schliebenii Gilg-Ben. Maerua sessiliflora Gilg Maerua siamensis (Kurz) Pax Maerua somalensis Pax Maerua subcordata (Gilg) DeWolf Maerua triphylla A.Rich.