Erucastrum arabicum Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

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Status: Possibly introduced
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Derivation of specific name: arabicum: of Arabia, where the type specimen was collected.
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Worldwide distribution: Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, DR Congo, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Also on the Arabian Peninsula,
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Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16.

Exell, A.W. (1960). Brassicaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 187 - 189. as var. arabicum (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 31.

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 76.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 41. as var. arabicum


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Erucastrum arabicum.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=124160, retrieved 15 June 2025

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