Boscia madagascariensis

(DC.) Hadj-Moust. Species

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Botanical name
Boscia madagascariensis
Family
Capparaceae
Genus
Boscia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Boscia madagascariensis

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Boscia madagascariensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Maerua madagascariensis Niebuhria madagascariensis

Others in Boscia

Boscia polyantha
Boscia keniensis
Boscia albitrunca var. macrophylla
Boscia puberula
Boscia foetida subsp. foetida
Boscia foetida subsp. minima
Boscia matabelensis
Boscia welwitschii

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