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Elephantorrhiza elephantina
Also called Eland's wattle
Eland's wattle, also called elephant's root, is a southern African subshrub in the pea family with a large underground root and short, unbranched aerial stems under a metre tall. It is mainly grown for its striking root and is best suited to dry, well-drained sites.
Entada elephantina, commonly known as the eland's wattle or elephant's root, is a species of subshrub in the mimosoid clade of legumes. It occurs widely in southern Africa, ranging from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia through Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa.
The species was first described as Acacia elephantina by William John Burchell in 1824. It has been known by a number of synonynms. In 2022 Shawn A. O'Donnell and Gwilym Peter Lewis placed the species in genus Entada as E. elephantina.
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