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Euclea

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.

Species
There are some 16 to 18 species, including: • Euclea acutifolia E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Cape ProvinceEuclea angolensis Gürke – AngolaEuclea asperrima E.Holzh. – NamibiaEuclea balfourii Hiern ex Balf.f. • Euclea coriacea A.DC. – Lesotho, South AfricaEuclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke – southern Africa • Euclea dewinteri Retief – LimpopoEuclea divinorum Hiern – from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-NatalEuclea lancea Thunb. – Cape ProvinceEuclea laurina Hiern ex Balf.f. • Euclea natalensis A.DC. – from Somalia to KwaZulu-NatalEuclea neghellensis Cufod. – EthiopiaEuclea polyandra (L.f.) E.Mey. ex Hiern – Cape ProvinceEuclea pseudebenus E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Angola, Namibia, Cape ProvinceEuclea racemosa L. – from Egypt to Cape Province; Comoros, Oman, YemenEuclea sekhukhuniensis Retief, S.J.Siebert & A.E.van Wyk – MpumalangaEuclea tomentosa E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Cape ProvinceEuclea undulata Thunb. – from Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal ==References==
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