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Euclea
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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.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Euclea is referenced by 25 other articles, and connects out to Euclea divinorum, Egypt and Africa.
It sits within the topics Ericales genera and Euclea.
Its subject is documented across 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FamilyEbenaceae
Native toAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia
Common Name: red current
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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
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- 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
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