- Family:
- Cleomaceae Airy Shaw
- Genus:
- Cleome L.
Cleome scaposa DC.

[FWTA]
Capparidaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954
- Morphology General Habit
- Erect slender-branched herb
- Morphology General Indumentum
- Roughly setose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers yellow.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb; stem pubescent with stalked glands and spreading eglandular hairs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple; blade up to 2 cm long, broadly ovate to suborbicular, cordate at the base, scabrid on both surfaces; petiole up to 2.5 cm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence lax and few-flowered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals c. 2 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow, 3–5 mm long, equal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules 15–35 x c. 1 mm, glabrous or sparsely glandular, spreading, sessile
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 0.5–0.8 mm in diam., black, papillose.
- Distribution
- N1, 2 Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, N Tanzania, Sudan and west to Mauretania, also in Arabia and eastwards to Pakistan.
- Ecology
- Altitude up to 900 m.
[FTEA]
Capparidaceae, J. Elffers, R. A. Graham & G. P. Dewolf. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1964
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb, low and much branched, up to 3 dm. tall.
- Morphology Stem
- Stem abundantly covered with stalked glands and glandular hairs.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves simple; blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, seldom more than 2 cm. long, very scabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence rather lax, up to 17 cm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Sepals ± 2 mm. long, glandular-pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals yellow.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 6.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsules sessile, curved, 1.5–2.8 cm. long, glabrous or rather sparsely glandular.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds 0.6–0.8 mm. in diameter, black, papillose.
- Figures
- Fig. 2/14, p. 10.
- Habitat
- Deciduous bushland and semi-desert scrub on bare, sandy or stony ground; 500–900 m.
- Distribution
- K1 K2 Sudan Republic to Mali and Nigeria, also Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali Republic (N.), Arabia and eastwards to the Punjab
Native to:
Burkina, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zaïre
Cleome scaposa DC. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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[Hooker, J.D.] [45] | K000643938 | syntype | Yes | ||
[Hooker, J.D.] [44] | K000643939 | Yes |
First published in Prodr. 1: 239 (1824)
Accepted by
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 1: 1-359. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Berhaut, J. (1974). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 2: 1-695. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Elffers, J., Graham, R.A. & Dewolf, G.P. (1964). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Capparidaceae: 1-88.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Hedge, I. & Lamond, J. (1970). Flora Iranica 68: 1-32. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
- Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press.
- Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
- Peyre de Fabregues, B. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1976). Catalogue des Plantes Vascularies du Niger: 1-433. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Shaheen, H., Qureshi, R., Akram, A., Gulfraz, M. & Potter, D. (2014). A preliminary floristic checklist of Thal desert Punjab, Pakistan. Pakistn Journal of Botany 46: 13-18.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Chev. Fl. Viv. 1: 152.
- —Gilg & Benedict in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 53: 153
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Berhaut, J. (1974). Flore illustrée du Sénégal 2: 1-695. Gouvernement du Sénégal, Ministère du développement rural direction des eaux et forêta, Dakar.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Lebrun, J.P., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & L. E. Kers [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- DC., Prodr. 1: 239 (1824).
- F. W. Andr., Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sudan 1: 43 (1950).
- Gilg & Bened. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 153 (1915).
- Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 87 (1954).
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