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Diamond Leaved Euclea

Euclea divinorum Hiern

Derivation of specific name

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divinorum: plant used to make medicine for diviners in the Batoka region of southern Zambia.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Euclea divinorum Hiern Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143880
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Description

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Evergreen shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite or subopposite, elliptic with distinctly undulate margins, dark bluish-green above, lighter below. Flowers small, creamy-white in short, dense, branched inflorescences in the leaf axils. Fruits small and spherical, thinly fleshy.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Euclea divinorum Hiern Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143880
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Frequency

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Common
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Euclea divinorum Hiern Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143880
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Worldwide distribution

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From Ethiopia and the Sudan south to South Africa.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Euclea divinorum Hiern Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143880
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Euclea divinorum

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Euclea divinorum, called diamond leaf, diamond-leaved euclea, magic guarri, and toothbrush tree, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Euclea, native to eastern and southern Africa.[2] A shrub or small tree, it has many uses in Africa, including as a source for dye for wool, for tanning leather, and an ink, and as a preservative for milk (allowing it to keep for up to a year), and, by chewing on a twig, as a toothbrush.[3]

Foliage on a shrub in Pretoria

References

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  1. ^ Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 99 (1873)
  2. ^ a b "Euclea divinorum Hiern". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ Cardon, D. (2005). Dyes and Tannins. PROTA Foundation. p. 76-79. ISBN 9789057821592.
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Euclea divinorum: Brief Summary

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Euclea divinorum, called diamond leaf, diamond-leaved euclea, magic guarri, and toothbrush tree, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Euclea, native to eastern and southern Africa. A shrub or small tree, it has many uses in Africa, including as a source for dye for wool, for tanning leather, and an ink, and as a preservative for milk (allowing it to keep for up to a year), and, by chewing on a twig, as a toothbrush.

Foliage on a shrub in Pretoria
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