Olinia emarginata Burtt Davy is a plant in the Penaeaceae family, order Myrtales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Olinia emarginata Burtt Davy

Olinia emarginata Burtt Davy

Olinia emarginata is a native Penaeaceae tree from South Africa and Lesotho that contains prunasin in its leaves.

Family
Genus
Olinia
Order
Myrtales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Olinia emarginata Burtt Davy

Olinia emarginata, commonly called mountain hard pear or berghardepeer in Afrikaans, is a tree species belonging to the plant family Penaeaceae. This species is native to South Africa and Lesotho. The cyanogenic glucoside prunasin occurs in the leaves of Olinia emarginata.

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

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Myrtales Penaeaceae Olinia

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

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