Ebenaceae
Euclea

Euclea racemosa L.

First published in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 13.: 747 (1774)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Egypt to S. Africa, S. Arabian Peninsula, Comoros. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/173650/1393578

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit
Evergreen shrub or small tree up to c. 12 m high; young shoots glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves dark green and glossy, alternate or subopposite to opposite, sometimes in whorls; petiole 0.1–0.3 cm long; blade very variable in shape and size, up to 11 x 4 cm; lower surface glabrous; secondary veins subprominent on upper surface, less so on lower surface, but often conspicuous because of pink coloration, tertiary veins usually indistinct, especially on lower surface
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences 15–50 mm long, unbranched, with glabrous axes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Male flowers up to 5 mm long; calyx c. 2 mm long, saucer-shaped, glabrous or with minute hairs on the margin, shallowly lobed or toothed; corolla lobed only in the upper half, glabrous or sparsely bristly along the middle of the lobes Female flowers similar to male but much smaller; staminodes absent; ovary glabrous or covered with rough hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 10–20, mostly in pairs, filaments up to 1.3 mm long; anthers up to 3 mm long, bristly, especially near apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 6–8 mm in diam.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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