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Genus: Ekebergia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid II > Order: Sapindales > Family: Meliaceae

The 4 species are native to Africa, with 3 native to southern Africa.

Species in southern Africa (including Zimbabwe and Mozambique)

Information from Coates Palgrave (2002).

Ekebergia benguelensis

Distribution:  Eastern Zimbabwe 

 

Ekebergia capensis

Distribution:  South Africa > Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal,  Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland; Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Botswana. 

 

Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash)

Rotsessenhout [Afrikaans]

Distribution:  South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland

Publications

  • Coates Palgrave, K. (edited Coates Palgrave, M.) 2002. Trees of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 

 

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