Species Euclea crispa
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Etymology of Euclea:
Gk. eukleia = fame, glory, from eu- = good; kleos = report; perhaps referring to the good quality ebony-type wood of some species or its beautiful evergreen foliage.
Etymology of crispa:
From the Latin ‘crispa’ / ‘crispus’ meaning ‘curled’ or 'finely wavy'
Scientific name:
Euclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke
Common names:
Blougwarrie
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Synonym status:
Dioecious shrub or tree to 8 m, rusty-granular on the young parts. Leaves sometimes hairy, obovate to lanceolate. Flowers in rusty-granular axillary racemes, hairy, deeply cleft, cream, fragrant, ovary bristly. Sept.--Feb. Forest margins and kloofs, LB, SE (Riversdale eastwards throughout southern Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Euclea crispa
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Katryn van Heerden (David)
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Euclea crispa
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Euclea crispa
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Euclea crispa
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Euclea crispa
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Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
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