Mystroxylon aethiopicum

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Botanical name
Mystroxylon aethiopicum
Family
Celastraceae
Genus
Mystroxylon
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Mystroxylon aethiopicum

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Mystroxylon aethiopicum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cassine aethiopica Cassine aethiopica var. pubescens Cassine confertiflora Cassine engleriana Cassine holstii Cassine macrocarpa Cassine oligantha Cassine pubescens Cassine schlechteri Cassine sphaerophylla Cassine velutina Elaeodendron aethiopicum Elaeodendron aethiopicum var. pubescens Elaeodendron athranthum Elaeodendron confertiflorum Elaeodendron oliganthum Elaeodendron pubescens Elaeodendron pubescens Elaeodendron sessiliflorum Elaeodendron sphaerophyllum Elaeodendron sphaerophyllum Elaeodendron velutinum Mystroxylon aethiopicum f. occidentale Mystroxylon aethiopicum subsp. schlechteri Mystroxylon aethiopicum var. pubescens Mystroxylon athranthum Mystroxylon confertiflorum Mystroxylon englerianum Mystroxylon goetzei Mystroxylon holstii Mystroxylon kubu Mystroxylon macrocarpum Mystroxylon nyasicum Mystroxylon pubescens Mystroxylon schlecteri Mystroxylon sessiliflorum Mystroxylon sphaerophyllum Mystroxylon spilocarpum Mystroxylon ussanguense

Others in Mystroxylon

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