Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. is a plant in the Meliaceae family, order Sapindales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.

Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.

Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. is a variable evergreen tree native to seasonally dry tropical African habitats between 600 and 2650 m in altitude.

Family
Genus
Ekebergia
Order
Sapindales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.

Ekebergia capensis Sparrm. is a tree that can grow up to 30 meters tall, and it may be evergreen or semi-evergreen. It reaches up to 1 meter in diameter at breast height, and its base may be slightly buttressed or fluted. Its branchlets have white lenticels. The leaves are imparipinnate, with a petiole and rhachis that can grow up to 35 cm long. Leaflets are arranged opposite or subopposite on the leaf axis. The flowers are white or pinkish white, sweet-scented, and borne in cymose panicles. The fruits produced by this species are drupes. It grows in the seasonally dry tropical biome, most often in edge environments of montane, mid-altitude, or riparian forest. It can also occur in woodland and wooded grassland, at altitudes ranging from 600 to 2650 meters.

Photo: (c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Henry de Lange · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Sapindales Meliaceae Ekebergia

More from Meliaceae

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

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