| Cape myrtle |
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| Male plant in flower |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Ericales |
| Family: |
Primulaceae |
| Genus: |
Myrsine |
| Species: |
M. africana |
| Binomial name |
Myrsine africana
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| Synonyms |
- Buxus dioica Forssk
- Myrica arabica Willd.
- Myrica montana Vahl
- Myrsine acuta Salisb.
- Myrsine africana var. acuminata C. Y. Wu & C. Chen
- Myrsine africana var. bifaria (Wall.) Franch.
- Myrsine africana var. glandulosa J. M. Zhang
- Myrsine africana var. retusa A. DC.
- Myrsine bifaria Wall.
- Myrsine bottensis A. DC.
- Myrsine glabra Gaertn.
- Myrsine microphylla Hayata (Ambiguous)
- Myrsine potama D. Don
- Myrsine retusa Aiton
- Myrsine rotundifolia Lam. (Ambiguous)
- Myrsine scabra Gaertn.
- Myrsine vaccinifolia Hayata
- Rhamnus myrtillus H. Lév.
- Samara potama Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
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Myrsine africana, also called Cape myrtle, African boxwood or thakisa, is a species of shrub in the family Primulaceae. It is indigenous to Southern and Eastern Africa, the Azores, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia and East Asia.