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Trifolium tembense
Tembien clover is an annual forage legume from montane East Africa that often grows in damp ground or shallow water. It is rarely grown as an ornamental, so care advice is mainly for keeping it moist and sunny.
Trifolium tembense, the Tembien clover or African clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. A locally important forage species, it thrives in wet areas, often growing in shallow water.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trifolium tembense 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.
