Euclea · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
Euclea
Sign in to saveAlso known as Guarries
Euclea, from the Greek eukleia meaning "glory and fame", denotes a group of flowering plants in the Ebenaceae or ebony family. They were described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1774. The genus includes 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.
Species
FamilyEbenaceae
Native toAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia
Common Name: red current
via · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 403
- With media
- 187
- Family
- Limacodidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, MEL, DMNS, CHAS, MSU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, South Africa, Australia, United States
Wikidata facts
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Euclea (Ebenaceae)
- topic's main category
- Category:Euclea
- taxon name
- Euclea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- 海柿属
- homonymous taxon
- Euclea
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0