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Maerua scandens is a scrambling shrub or climber in the caper family, native to Mozambique in seasonally dry tropical areas. It is a wild plant with little cultivation history, so it is not a common garden or houseplant.
Maerua scandens is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family. It is endemic to Mozambique.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maerua scandens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
