Biology:Olinia emarginata

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Short description: Species of tree

Olinia emarginata
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Olinia emarginata bark
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Penaeaceae
Genus: Olinia
Species:
O. emarginata
Binomial name
Olinia emarginata
Burtt Davy
fruits

Olinia emarginata, the mountain hard pear or berghardepeer in Afrikaans language, is a tree species in the genus Olinia native to South Africa and Lesotho.

Prunasin, a cyanogenic glucoside, can be found in the leaves of O. emarginata.[1]

See also

  • List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes
  • Forests of KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. Occurrence of the cyanogenic glucoside prunasin and II corresponding mandelic acid amide glucoside in Olinia species (Oliniaceae). Adolf Nahrstedt and Jürgen Rockenbach, September 1993, Phytochemistry, Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 433–436, doi:10.1016/0031-9422(93)80024-M

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3740132 entry