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Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash)

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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 > Genus: Ekebergia

Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash) Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash)

Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash)

Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash) with honeybee Apis mellifera

Ekebergia pterophylla under cultivation at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula. Bottom right image shows Honeybee Apis mellifera feeding from flower [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

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

 

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