Talk:Macrotyloma geocarpum

Picture accuracy


This picture is currently included in the article. Can anyone confirm whether the nuts shown are this species? They look like regular peanuts, aka groundnuts, which are grown in Africa. The only picture I can find of M. geocarpum looks quite different. I'm also not sure that the block of text is about this species, or that it's original writing. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 13:41, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

I have found an image at http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?g=pe&p=Macrotyloma+geocarpum+(Harms)+Mar%E9chal+&+Baudet which, if accurate, is entirely different from the photo included. I also think the photo here is of peanuts. Marynz (talk) 05:26, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Here is an illustration, dated 1912, which may be usable? The names given include a further synonym, Dolichos geocarpum. http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=46625 Marynz (talk) 05:46, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

The current image also claims to be in Malawi, which seems to be outside the area where Macrotyloma geocarpum is most widely documented as growing. Marynz (talk) 13:05, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Further images were found at https://nus2013.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/ethnobotanical-study-and-agro-morphological-evaluation-of-kersting_s.pdf At this stage, I am convinced that the peanut image has to go, as it cannot possibly be Macrotyloma geocarpum. While I usually add material rather than remove, in this case, I feel the only correct thing to do is to remove it. I will do that. Marynz (talk) 20:56, 27 April 2015 (UTC)