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Calpurnia is a genus of flowering plants within the family Fabaceae. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Taxonomic rank ( rank, category, taxonomic category is an abstract term used in the Scientific classification, or Taxonomy, of organisms Fabaceae or Leguminosae is a large and economically important family of Flowering plants which is commonly known as the legume family, pea
The genus comprises shrubs or small trees in or along the margin of forests in the eastern parts of South Africa. A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa They shed leaves in winter unless in moist areas, where they are evergreen. In Botany, an Evergreen plant is a plant having leaves all year round They make good garden plants because they are easily raised from seed, flower at two years and withstand frost. Frost is the solid deposition of Water vapor from saturated air
The species Calpurnia aurea is also known as Wild Laburnum / Wildegeelkeur. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The bright yellow flowers have the typical form of the Fabaceae (pea family). A pea (inaccurately called a '''sweet pea''' by food distubutors is most commonly the small spherical Seed or the seed-pod of the Legume Pisum They are borne in racemes and flowering can take place over several months. A raceme is a type of Inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate Flowers &mdash flowers having short The flowers are visited by carpenter bees, after which the pollintated flowers turn into thin, straw-colored pods. Carpenter bees (the genus Xylocopa in the subfamily Xylocopinae) are large hairy bees distributed worldwide
Species include: