Taxon:
Myrsine africana L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:196. 1753
Verified:
09/27/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Myrsine+africana&quantity=1
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
- Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta). URL: http://www.azores.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/3E255F0D-6AFD-4EF8-974D-CF920B5F933E/126780/42_Pteridophyta_Spermatophyta1.pdf
- Teketay, D. 1993. Problems associated with raising trees from seeds. the Ethiopian experience. Restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. 97. Note: Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht.
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
- Verdcourt, B. & E. C. Trump. 1969. Common poisonous plants of East Africa.
- Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
African-boxwood – Swedish
myrsine –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Somalia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Gansu Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shaanxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Sichuan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores]
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Somalia
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
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CHINA:
China [Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Teketay, D. 1993. Problems associated with raising trees from seeds. the Ethiopian experience. Restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. 97. Note: Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht. |
Human food | fruit | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. |
Medicines | folklore | | Teketay, D. 1993. Problems associated with raising trees from seeds. the Ethiopian experience. Restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. 97. Note: Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Verdcourt, B. & E. C. Trump. 1969. Common poisonous plants of East Africa. |