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Scrophulariaceae

Subfamily Buddlejoideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Halleria lucida L.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Tree Fuchsia, African Honeysuckle
  • Family: Scrophulariaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa, Natal
  • Habitat: understory shrub in swamp forests

  • Description: A straggling understory shrub in its native habitat, this forms a neat bush in cultivation, evergreen with ovate leaves and nodding scarlet flowers and violet-black fruit.
  • Uses: Fruit edible in times of famine.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900554
  • Source: Lisa Palmer - Dartmouth
  • Accession Date: 09-30-1999
  • Bench: 3306 - Families Rh-Sc
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-15-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Scrophulariaceae
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References:

Nestlebrae Seed Catalogue

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