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[[File:Map Cordeauxia edulis.gif|thumb|distribution in Africa (wild)]]
[[File:Linedrawing Cordeauxia edulis.gif|thumb|1, flowering twig; 2, fruit; 3, seed; 4, seed kernel. Redrawn and adapted by Achmad Satiri Nurhaman]]
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camel browsing Cordeauxia edulisleaves and flowers
<big>''[[Cordeauxia edulis]]'' Hemsl.</big>
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:Protologue: Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 361 (1907).
:Chromosome number: 2''n'' = 24
== Vernacular names ==
*Yeheb nut, yeheb bush (En). *Yeheb (Fr).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
== Description ==
*Densely branched, evergreen shrub or small tree up to 2.5(–4) m tall, with a long taproot up to 3 m deep and lateral roots at 10–40 cm below the soil surface extending up to 2.5 m; stem with conspicuous red glands. *Leaves alternate, paripinnate, without stipules; leaflets (2–)4–8(–12), elliptical-oblong, up to 3(–5) cm × 1.5(–2.5) cm, leathery, olive-green above, paler with many red glands beneath. *Inflorescence a terminal few-flowered raceme. *Flowers bisexual, almost regular, 5-merous, c. 2.5 cm in diameter; sepals oblong, c. 1 cm long, obtuse, green with red glands; petals almost equal, c. 1.5 cm long, yellow, clawed; stamens 10, free, straight, filaments hairy below the middle; ovary superior, 1-celled, shortly stalked, densely glandular; stigma obtuse. *Fruit an ovoid pod, 4–6 cm × 2 cm, shortly stalked, with a curved beak, opening by 2 hard valves, 1(–6)-seeded. *Seed ovoid, 2.0–4.5 cm long, with thin, easily cracked testa. *Seedling with epigeal germination; cotyledons thick.
== Other botanical information ==
== Author(s) ==
* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Brink, M., 2006. '''Cordeauxia edulis''' Hemsl. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Brink, M. & Belay, G. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
