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Eugenia capensis

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Name

Identification
Eugenia capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Eugenia somalensis Chiov. [family MYRTACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Jossinia capensis
  • Eugenia natalitia
  • Jambosa spec.
  • Myrtus capensis
  • Eugenia woodii
  • Eugenia simii
  • Jambosa unrecorded
  • Memecylon capense
  • Eugenia capesnsis
  • Eugenia zuluensis
  • Eugenia somalensis
  • Jasinia capensis
  • Eugenia aschersoniana
  • Eugenia zeyheri
  • Eugenia rudatisii
  • Eugenia unrecorded
  • Eugenia capensis
  • Eugenia albanensis

Flora

Entry for EUGENIA capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. [family MYRTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin & G. Moggi [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
EUGENIA capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. [family MYRTACEAE], (1862).
Information
Shrub or small tree. Leaf-blade subcircular to lanceolate, up to 11 x 5.5 cm, broadly rounded to acuminate at the apex, subcordate to narrowly cuneate at the base, glabrous. Flowers axillary, solitary or clustered; bracteoles c. 1 mm long. Sepals 4, c. 2.5 x 2.5 mm, ciliolate. Petals 4, 4–5.5 mm long, ciliolate. Stamens 3–5 mm long. Style 4–6 mm long. Fruit subglobose, c. 1.5 cm in diam., purple-black.

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