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Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash)

Rotsessenhout [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Sapindales > Family: Meliaceae > Genus: Ekebergia

Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash)

Ekebergia pteropylla, Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [photo John Burrows ©]

Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash) Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash)

Ekebergia pterophylla under cultivation at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Ekebergia pterophylla (Rock ash)

African honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollinating Ekebergia pterophylla under cultivation at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Distribution: South Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland