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Burchellia bubalina

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Burchellia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Burchellia bubalina, which is endemic to southern Africa: the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces in South Africa, and Eswatini. It is commonly known as wild pomegranate (English) or wildegranaat (Afrikaans).

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Within Vinony's link graph, Burchellia bubalina is referenced by 19 other articles, and connects out to Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Carl Linnaeus the Younger and Eswatini.

It is catalogued under topics including Edible fruits, Flora of KwaZulu-Natal and Flora of Swaziland.

Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

Wild Pomegranate

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderGentianales
  5. FamilyRubiaceae
Observations2,795
Observations recorded2,921

Burchellia bubalina là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo. Loài này được (L.f.) Sims mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1822.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
88
With media
80
Family
Rubiaceae
Collections
NY, SD, RSA, US, A, GH
Recorded in
South Africa, United States, Eswatini

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taxon name
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IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
short name
B. bubalina
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Burchellia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Burchellia bubalina, which is endemic to southern Africa: the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces in South Africa, and Eswatini. It is commonly known as wild pomegranate (English) or wildegranaat (Afrikaans).

==Description== Burchellia bubalina is a small shrub or tree up to 8 metres tall. It has red flowers, grey-green bark and dark green leaves. It occurs in forests, rocky outcrops or in grasslands.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burchellia bubalina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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