Family: Elaeocarpaceae Life
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Twelve genera and 605 species worldwide, but not native to
Africa and absent from North Temperate regions. Included here because two genera
and seven species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Genera cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Elaeocarpus
About 350 species worldwide. There are no indigenous species in southern
Africa (or Africa) but five species are cultivated in the region. |
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Crinodendron
Two species cultivated. |
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