Botany

Embelia

Embelia is a genus of climbing shrubs once placed in the family Myrsinaceae, which is now included in the Primulaceae. There are about 130 species which occur in tropical and subtropical areas across a wide range including Africa and Madagascar and from eastern Asia to the Pacific Islands as well as Australia including: Embelia angustifolia (A. DC.) A. DC. Embelia australiana (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey - native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia Embelia basaal (Roem. & Schult.) A. DC. Embelia beccariana (Mez) Dubéarnès, Julius & Utteridge Embelia biflora Mez Embelia boivinii Mez Embelia caulialata S.T.Reynolds Embelia clarkei Bedd. & Mez Embelia comorensis Mez Embelia corymbifera Mez Embelia curvinervia S.T.Reynolds Embelia demissa Cordem. Embelia disticha Fletcher Embelia effusa Mez Embelia floribunda Wall. Embelia frangulifolia (Span. ex Miq.) Mez Embelia fulva Mez Embelia grandifolia Fletcher Embelia grayi S.T.Reynolds Embelia incumbens Mez Embelia laeta (L.) Mez. Embelia longifolia (Benth.) Hemsl. Embelia macrocarpa King & Gamble Embelia myriantha Mez Embelia rowlandii Gilg Embelia oblongifolia Hemsl. Embelia obtusiuscula Mez Embelia palauensis Mez Embelia penangiana (Oliv.) Mez Embelia polypodioides Mez Embelia pulchella Mez. Embelia pyrifolia (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Mez Embelia retata Mez Embelia reticulata (A.DC.) Wall. ex Mez Embelia ribes Burm. f. - false black pepper, white-flowered embelia Embelia rigida Mez Embelia ruminata (E.Mey. ex A.DC.) Mez Embelia sarasinorum Mez Embelia schimperi Vatke Embelia scandens (Lour.) Mez Embelia sessiliflora Kurz. Embelia subcoriacea (C.B.Clarke) Mez Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A. DC. Embelia vaupelii Mez Embelia zollingeri Mez

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See also

• ▸Cakile
• ▸Holodomor
• ▸Allium tricoccum

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