Brexia madagascariensisThou. ex Ker Gawl. [family ESCALLONIACEAE ]
Related name
Brexia madagascariensis
Flora
Entry for BREXIA Madagascariensis Lindl. [family ESCALLONIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 305, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
BREXIA MadagascariensisLindl. [family ESCALLONIACEAE], Bot. Reg. t. 730
Venana MadagascariensisLam. [family ESCALLONIACEAE], Encycl. t. 131.
Information
leaves oblong or obovate, quite entire, with revolute margins, netted-veined beneath. A glabrous and somewhat glaucous shrub. Leaves in our specimens shorter and more obovate than in those from Madagascar, but otherwise similar; 3–4 inches long, 2 1/2–3 inches wide. Ripe fruit 2 1/2 inches long, obscurely 5-angled, tapering to a conical, acute point; the rind thick and woody. Seeds horizontal.
