Accession Data

Burchellia bubalina

Common Name: Buffalo Wood

Family: Rubiaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa, Natal

Description: [syn. B. capensis R. Br.]

Evergreen shrub to 5' or more producing an extremely hard wood..

Uses: Roots are taken as an emetic to cleanse the body.3

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession #: 199500174

Accession Date: 1995-12-14 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1107

Quantity: 1

Source: Chiltern '95

Culture: Shade, part-shade or sun, prefers compost enriched loamy soil.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Rubiaceae

SubFamily: Ixoroideae

Tribe: Gardenieae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 10 September 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 10 September 2015.
  3. Burchellia bubalina at PlantzAfrica. Accessed 10 September 2015.
  4. Image #00 (cropped) & #02 (original) by Rotational [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed Wednesday, 07 November, 2018.

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