Genus: Ekebergia
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The four species
are native to Africa, with three native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
Ekebergia benguelensis
Distribution: Eastern Zimbabwe |
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Ekebergia capensis
Distribution: South Africa > Western Cape,
Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland;
Mozambique; Zimbabwe; Botswana |
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Ekebergia
pterophylla (Rock ash)
Rotsessenhout [Afrikaans] Distribution: South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal,
Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland |
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Publications
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Coates Palgrave, K. (edited Coates Palgrave,
M.) 2002. Trees of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape
Town.
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