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Heteropyxis
Sign in to saveHeteropyxis is a genus which includes three species of small evergreen trees. It was previously placed alone in the family Heteropyxidaceae, but is now placed basally within Myrtaceae. The species of Heteropyxis are native to southern Africa.
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Lavender-tree
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- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassHydrozoa
- OrderLeptothecata
- FamilyPlumulariidae
异裂果属（学名：Heteropyxis）又名异蒴果属或大柱头属，属桃金娘目桃金娘科，只有3种，都分布在非洲南部热带地区。
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Heteropyxis is a genus which includes three species of small evergreen trees. It was previously placed alone in the family Heteropyxidaceae, but is now placed basally within Myrtaceae. The species of Heteropyxis are native to southern Africa.
Heteropyxis natalensis, commonly known as lavender tree or laventelboom, ranges from Zimbabwe through Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. It is a slender, upright tree which grows 5–7 metres in height, at forest margins, rocky outcrops, hillsides, and termite mounds. It bears panicles of fragrant flowers, cream to pale yellow in colour, from December to March.