Diosma oppositifolia L. is a plant in the Rutaceae family, order Sapindales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Diosma oppositifolia L.

Diosma oppositifolia L.

Diosma oppositifolia L. has subulate, acute, opposite leaves and has been previously named Spiraea africana and Hypericum africanum vulgare, with references in various botanical works.

Family
Genus
Diosma
Order
Sapindales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Diosma oppositifolia L.

Diosma oppositifolia L. is described as having subulate, acute, and opposite leaves. References include: Hort. cliff. 71, Roy. lugdb. 434. It has also been previously referred to as Spiraea africana with cross - arranged leaves (Comm. rar. 1. t. 1) and Hypericum africanum vulgare (Seb. thes. 2. p. 41. t. 40. f. 5).

Photo: (c) Felix Riegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Felix Riegel · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Sapindales Rutaceae Diosma

More from Rutaceae

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

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