Species Euclea racemosa
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Range:
Location unknown
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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 racemosa:
From the Latin ‘racemosa’ / ‘racemosus’ meaning ‘clustered’
Scientific name:
Euclea racemosa Murray
Common names:
Seegwarrie
Localities:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Syst. Veg., ed. 13 747 (1774)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1774
Dioecious shrub or small tree to 6 m. Leaves leathery, obovate. Flowers in glabrous axillary racemes, deeply cleft, cream, fragrant, ovary shortly bristly. Dec.--June. Coastal scrub, NW, SW, AP, LB, SE (Namaqualand to E Cape).
Observations of Taxon
Euclea racemosa
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Euclea racemosa subsp. sinuata
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Euclea racemosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
21/09/2020 - 10:38am
Collection:
Euclea racemosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Euclea racemosa
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
Date observed:
05/12/2010 - 12:11pm
Collection:
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