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Pixiepeas
Melolobium
Melolobium is a genus of 15 species of flowering plants belonging to the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to southern Africa, where it is found in south and east Namibia, southwest Botswana, and most of South Africa.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Minileaf Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium microphyllum

Yellow Thorn
speciesMelolobium candicans

Gummy Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium exudans

Needle Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium wilmsii

African Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium aethiopicum

Gland Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium adenodes

Humble Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium humile

Flutter Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium obcordatum

Gold Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium subspicatum

Grey Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium canescens

Brightpod Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium lampolobum

Spine Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium calycinum

Altitude Pixiepea
speciesMelolobium alpinum
Melolobium macrocalyx
speciesMelolobium macrocalyx
Melolobium stipulatum
speciesMelolobium stipulatum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 138394.