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Memecylon capense

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Name

Identification
Eugenia capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Harv. ex Sond. [family MYRTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Isotype of Memecylon capense Eckl. & Zeyh. [family MYRTACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Jasinia capensis
  • Memecylon capense
  • Eugenia capensis

Flora

Entry for EUGENIA Capensis Harv. [family MYRTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 520, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
EUGENIA Capensis Harv. [family MYRTACEAE], l. c.
Memecylon Capense E. & Z. [family MELASTOMATACEAE], ! 1772.
Information
quite glabrous, much-branched; leaves (small) on very short petioles, opposite, coriaceous, a little veined, elliptical or suborbiculate, with recurved margins; peduncles axillary, 1- flowered, solitary, geminate or ternate, about as long as the leaves, glabrous as well as the calyx; berry globose, usually 1-seeded. Shrub 4–6 feet high, with opposite or aggregated, greyish branches. Leaves pale green, 6–8 lines long, 5–6 lines broad, in var. β. 10–12 lines long, 8 lines broad. Petiole 1/2 line long, sulcate. Peduncles about 1/2 inch. Petals 2 lines, in var. β. 3 lines long, obovate.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy downs near the Bosjesmansriver, and between Zwartkops and Koega-river, E. & Z.! Zey.! 2466. Var. β. sandy hills between Omtendo and Omsamculo, Drege. Feb.-April. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)

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