Embelia | |
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Embelia demissa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Myrsinaceae |
Genus: | Embelia Burm. f. |
Species | |
See text. |
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Synonyms | |
Ribesiodes Kuntze |
Embelia is a genus of climbing shrubs in the family Myrsinaceae.[1] There are about 130 species which occur in tropical and subtropical areas across a wide range including Africa and Madagascar and from eastern Asia to the Pacific Islands as well as Australia including:[1]