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Fabaceae

Geocarpa groundnut

Macrotyloma geocarpum (Harms) Maréchal & Baudet

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Macrotyloma

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Geocarpa groundnut: Roadside groundnut market in Malawi
Photo: Swathi_Sridharan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Akan
Nkati bowee
English
Geocarpa groundnut
German
Kandelabohne
Japanese
ハウサラッカセイ

Synonyms

  • Kerstingiella geocarpa Harms
  • Voandzeia geocarpa (Harms) A.Chev.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.