zygophyllum

• Pflanzengattung der meist tropischen Kräuter oder Sträucher mit übelriechenden Blättern, deren Blütenknospen als Kapernersatz verwendet werden; auch als Jochblatt bekannt.

A genus of plants, usually tropical herbs or shrubs with ill-smelling foliage, whose flower buds are used as capers, also known as bean capers.

Eigenname

1. Genus of plantsC2formal

   A genus of tropical herbs or shrubs, often with ill-smelling foliage, whose flower buds are used as capers, commonly known as bean capers.

   Zygophyllum

   • The Zygophyllum species are native to arid regions of Africa and Asia.
   • Botanists classify Zygophyllum within the family Zygophyllaceae.
   • The flower buds of some Zygophyllum plants are pickled and used as a substitute for capers.