Bridsonia chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Verstraete & A.E.van Wyk is a plant in the Rubiaceae family, order Gentianales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Bridsonia chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Verstraete & A.E.van Wyk

Bridsonia chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Verstraete & A.E.van Wyk

Bridsonia chamaedendrum, the pygmy sand apple, is the only species in the Bridsonia genus, native to South Africa and Eswatini.

Family
Genus
Bridsonia
Order
Gentianales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Bridsonia chamaedendrum (Kuntze) Verstraete & A.E.van Wyk

Bridsonia chamaedendrum, whose common name is the pygmy sand apple, is a plant species belonging to the Rubiaceae family. It is the only species classified in the genus Bridsonia. It is a subshrub or perennial plant that is native to South Africa and Eswatini.

Photo: (c) Andrew Hankey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Andrew Hankey · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Gentianales Rubiaceae Bridsonia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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