Primulaceae
Myrsine africana
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Myrsine
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Common names
By language (7)
- Amharic
- ቀጨሞ
- Arabic
- كتمة, قتم, ميرسين افريقي
- arz
- كتمه
- Chinese
- 小葉鐵仔, 鐵仔, 铁仔, 大红袍, 明立花, 簸赭子, 野茶, 小叶铁仔
- Finnish
- Pensasmyrsikki
- hsb
- Chinska myrsina
- Japanese
- ミルシネ・アフリカナ, ミルシネ・アフリカーナ
Synonyms
- Buxus dioica Forssk.
- Myrica montana Vahl
- Myrsine acuta Salisb.
- Myrsine africana var. acuminata C.Y.Wu & C.Chen
- Myrsine africana var. africana
- 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
- Myrsine potama D.Don
- Myrsine retusa Aiton
- Myrsine rotundifolia Lam.
- Myrsine scabra Gaertn.
- Myrsine vacciniifolia Hayata
- Rhamnus myrtillus H.Lév.
- Samara potama Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Photos
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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.