Erica trimera
(Engl.) Beentje
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Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Congo, East Africa, Ethiopia,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. It grows 40 cm to 12 m tall. The branches are erect and 5 mm across. The small branches are hairy and leafy. They are in rings or 3 and 1-7 mm long by 0.4-1.4 mm wide. The flowers are in clusters of 4-12 at the ends of branches. The fruit are 1.3-1.4 mm across and brownish.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Erica trimera is a species of flowering plant. It is a shrub or tree which grows in the mountains of eastern and central Africa.
Notes
Probably edible.
Names & Synonyms
Philippia lebrunii StanerPhilippia longifolia Engl.Philippia neohumbertii StanerPhilippia trimera Engl.
References (1)
- Molla, A., Ethiopian Plant Names. http://www.ethiopic.com/aplants.htm
