Euclea

For the insect genus, see Euclea (moth).

Euclea, from the Greek eukleia meaning "glory and fame",^[2] denotes a group of flowering plants in the Ebenaceae or ebony family. They were described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1774.^[3][4] The genus includes evergreen trees and shrubs, native to Africa, the Comoro Islands and Arabia.^[1] Several species are used for timber, producing a hard, dark heartwood timber similar to ebony.

Euclea
Euclea racemosa, the sea guarri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ebenaceae
Genus:	Euclea L.
Synonyms[1]
Diplonema G.Don Rymia Endl. Kellaua A.DC.

Species

There are some 16 to 18 species, including:^[1][5]

• Euclea acutifolia E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Cape Province
• Euclea angolensis Gürke – Angola
• Euclea asperrima E.Holzh. – Namibia
• Euclea balfourii Hiern ex Balf.f.
• Euclea coriacea A.DC. – Lesotho, South Africa
• Euclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke – southern Africa
• Euclea dewinteri Retief – Limpopo
• Euclea divinorum Hiern – from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal
• Euclea lancea Thunb. – Cape Province
• Euclea laurina Hiern ex Balf.f.
• Euclea natalensis A.DC. – from Somalia to KwaZulu-Natal
• Euclea neghellensis Cufod. – Ethiopia
• Euclea polyandra (L.f.) E.Mey. ex Hiern – Cape Province
• Euclea pseudebenus E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Angola, Namibia, Cape Province
• Euclea racemosa L. – from Egypt to Cape Province; Comoros, Oman, Yemen
• Euclea sekhukhuniensis Retief, S.J.Siebert & A.E.van Wyk – Mpumalanga
• Euclea tomentosa E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Cape Province
• Euclea undulata Thunb. – from Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal