Ebenaceae

Blue guarri

Euclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke

Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Euclea

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Blue guarri: Blue guarri at the Union Buildings, Pretoria. A grey fungal infection visible on the central bole evidently caused the death of this tree soon afterwards, and m — Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Blue guarri

Synonyms

Euclea lanceolata E.Mey.

Flowers

In flower: October to February (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Paul venter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.