Burchellia bubalina

Burchellia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Burchellia bubalina, which is endemic to southern Africa: the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces in South Africa, and Eswatini. It is commonly known as wild pomegranate (English) or wildegranaat (Afrikaans).

Species

Least Concern

Wild Pomegranate

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderGentianales
FamilyRubiaceae

Observations2,795

Observations recorded2,921

Burchellia bubalina là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo. Loài này được (L.f.) Sims mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1822.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 88
With media: 80
Family: Rubiaceae
Collections: NY, SD, RSA, US, A, GH
Recorded in: South Africa, United States, Eswatini

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Burchellia bubalina00.jpg

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taxon rank: species
taxon name: Burchellia bubalina
Commons category: Burchellia bubalina
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=312602
Commons gallery: Burchellia bubalina
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern
short name: B. bubalina

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==Description== Burchellia bubalina is a small shrub or tree up to 8 metres tall. It has red flowers, grey-green bark and dark green leaves. It occurs in forests, rocky outcrops or in grasslands.

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