African Plant Database


Eugenia leonensis Engl. & Brehmer
Family : MYRTACEAE
Protologue : Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 329 (1917)
Information on the genus : Eugenia
 
 
Status
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Eugenia salacioides M. A. Lawson ex Hutch. & Dalziel (1927)
=Eugenia rupestris Engl. & Brehmer
=Eugenia salicifolia M. A. Lawson (1871) (1871), non DC., nec O.Berg
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Shrub with erect, twiggy branches 2-3 m tall; sometimes stunted and with very small leaves, resembling the European Box (Buxus sempervirens L.).
Ecology : Often on rocky hills; forest and bushy grassland; to 1500 m alt.; humid forest (Senegal).

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1991). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Généralités et Anonaceae à Pandanaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 1: 147
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The International Plant Name Index
 
Map
carte afrique num 16609
 
Record n°16609
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