Species within a genus

acus, = a needle or pin; as being pointed;
-utus, = indicates possession;
acutus, = sharpened, made pointed, sharp, pointed; acute;
(acute, pointed, i.e. narrowed gradually and making an angle of less than 90º)
carpos, = fruit.
(ld, BL, LS)

Africa, = Africa;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
africanus, = pertaining to Africa, African.
(from Africa)
(BL, ld)

quadro, quadratum, = to make four-cornered, to square, make square; to join properly together;
folium, = a leaf.
(four-leaved)
(ld, BL)

For Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828).**
(Ch)