Maerua crassifoliaForssk.

WFO wfo-0000375694 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 6 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 6 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Maerua crassifolia, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. a Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-03-31 / obs. 173779618
Maerua crassifolia, photographed by Thibaud Aronson
fig. b Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118531291
Maerua crassifolia, photographed by Fabien Anthelme
fig. c Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 65652622
Maerua crassifolia, photographed by Olivier Argagnon
fig. d Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 173779647
Maerua crassifolia, photographed by Thibaud Aronson
fig. e Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 118531253
Maerua crassifolia, photographed by dhfischer
fig. f dhfischer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93231365
Maerua crassifolia, photographed by Fabien Anthelme
fig. g Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 103001623
Maerua crassifolia, photographed by Fabien Anthelme
fig. h Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 65651041

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Maerua crassifolia is native: Algeria, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Western Sahara, Gulf States, Iran, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Yemen, Pakistan AlgeriaBurkinaCameroonChadDjiboutiEgyptEritreaEthiopiaGambiaKenyaLibyaMaliMauritaniaMoroccoNigerNigeriaSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaWestern SaharaGulf StatesIranOmanPalestineSaudi ArabiaSinaiYemenPakistan
Native distribution of Maerua crassifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Egypt EGY
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Kenya KEN
Libya LBY
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Western Sahara WSA
Gulf States GST ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Sinai SIN
Yemen YEM
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Maerua arabica J.F.Gmel.
  • Maerua hirtella Chiov.
  • Maerua meyeri-johannis Gilg
  • Maerua rigida R.Br.
  • Maerua uguenensis Gilg
  • Maerua uniflora Vahl
  • Wiegmannia arabica Hochst. & Steud.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.