Euclea
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| Euclea | |
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| Sea guarrie in South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Genus: | Euclea Murr. |
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20 species | |
Euclea is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to family Ebenaceae, the ebony family. The genus includes twenty species of evergreen trees and shrubs, native to Africa, the Comoro Islands, and Arabia. Several species are used for timber, producing a hard, dark heartwood timber similar to ebony.
There are some 18 species in the genus, including:[1]
- Euclea acutifolia E.Mey. ex A.DC.
- Euclea angolensis Gürke
- Euclea asperrima E.Holzh.
- Euclea balfourii Hiern ex Balf.f.
- Euclea coriacea A.DC.
- Euclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke
- Euclea dewinteri Retief
- Euclea divinorum Hiern
- Euclea lancea Thunb.
- Euclea laurina Hiern ex Balf.f.
- Euclea natalensis A.DC.
- Euclea neghellensis Cufod.
- Euclea polyandra (L.f.) E.Mey. ex Hiern
- Euclea pseudebenus E.Mey. ex A.DC.
- Euclea racemosa L.
- Euclea sekhukhuniensis Retief, S.J.Siebert & A.E.van Wyk
- Euclea tomentosa E.Mey. ex A.DC.
- Euclea undulata Thunb.
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