Genus: Tridactyle

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About 42 species (sub-Saharan Africa), with seven species native to southern Africa. An additional two species are cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Tridactyle anthomaniaca Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Tridactyle bicaudata Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Tridactyle gentilii
Tridactyle scottellii [= Tridactyle inaequilonga] Recorded from Zimbabwe.
Tridactyle tricuspis
Tridactyle tridactylites Recorded from Mozambique.
Tridactyle tridentata

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Tridactyle latifolia Native to tropical Africa.
Tridactyle tannerii Native to tropical Africa.