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Large Caltrops
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Large Caltrops

Pedalium murex

Pedalium is a genus of plant in the Pedaliaceae family comprising one species, Pedalium murex. It is distributed in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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In human culture

The genera name is derived from the Greek word pedalion meaning 'rudder of a ship'.

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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 355383.