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Nuxia floribunda Benth. is a plant in the Stilbaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Nuxia floribunda Benth. (Nuxia floribunda Benth.)
Plantae

Nuxia floribunda Benth.

Nuxia floribunda Benth.

Nuxia floribunda Benth. is a flowering tree native to Afromontane forests of southern and eastern Africa.

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Family
Genus
Nuxia
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Nuxia floribunda Benth.

Size

Nuxia floribunda Benth. usually grows 3 to 10 meters tall, and occasionally reaches up to 25 meters.

Trunk and Canopy

It has a crooked trunk, rough flaking bark, and a rounded canopy.

Flowering

From autumn through spring, it produces large panicles of small, sweetly scented flowers that range in color from white to cream.

Distribution Range

This species is native to southern and eastern Africa, where its distribution extends from South Africa through Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, all the way to Uganda and Kenya.

Habitat

It is a characteristic species of undifferentiated Afromontane forest in southern and eastern Africa.

Photo: (c) Melburnian, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Stilbaceae Nuxia

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

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