Euclea divinorum
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Magic guarri | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ebenaceae |
Genus: | Euclea |
Species: | E. divinorum
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Euclea divinorum | |
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Euclea divinorum, called diamond leaf, diamond-leaved euclea, magic guarri, and toothbrush tree, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Euclea, native to eastern and southern Africa.[2] A shrub or small tree, it has many uses in Africa, including as a source for dye for wool, for tanning leather, and an ink, and as a preservative for milk (allowing it to keep for up to a year), and, by chewing on a twig, as a toothbrush.[3]
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- ^ Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 99 (1873)
- ^ a b "Euclea divinorum Hiern". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Cardon, D. (2005). Dyes and Tannins. PROTA Foundation. p. 76-79. ISBN 9789057821592.