- Source: Cadaba
Cadaba is a genus of shrubs in family Capparaceae, with about 30 species. These have simple, alternately set leaves. The zygomorphic flowers, are solitary or stand in small clusters at the end of short side branches. These flowers consist of four sepals, none or four petals with a narrow claw at base and a wider plate at the top, a tube-shaped nectar producing appendix, four or five stamens that are merged for about half their length into a so-called androgynophore, and a gynophore on top of which will develop a cylindrical capsule with one or two cavities that contain many small kindney-shaped seeds, and opens with two valves. The genus name Cadaba is derived from the Arab word "kadhab", a local name for Cadaba rotundifolia. Some species are classified as famine food in southern Ethiopia.
29 species are accepted:
Cadaba aphylla (Thunb.) Wild
Cadaba baccarinii Chiov.
Cadaba barbigera Gilg
Cadaba benguellensis Mendes
Cadaba capparoides DC.
Cadaba carneoviridis Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Cadaba divaricata Gilg
Cadaba farinosa Forrsk.
Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce
Cadaba gillettii R.A.Graham
Cadaba glaberrima Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Cadaba glandulosa Forrsk.
Cadaba insularis A.G.Mill.
Cadaba kassasii Chrtek
Cadaba kirkii Oliv.
Cadaba linearifolia (J.Graham) M.R.Almeida
Cadaba longifolia DC.
Cadaba madagascariensis Baill.
Cadaba mirabilis Gilg
Cadaba natalensis Sond.
Cadaba parvula Polhill
Cadaba rotundifolia Forssk.
Cadaba ruspolii Gilg
Cadaba schroeppelii Suess.
Cadaba somalensis Franch.
Cadaba stenopoda Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Cadaba termitaria N.E.Br.
Cadaba trifoliata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
Cadaba virgata Bojer
References
External links
GRIN Species List
Cadaba of Zimbabwe
Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Cadaba". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.