Nomenclature: wfo-0000448784
![Kew Gardens K000226036: Pappe [s.n.] South Africa Kew Gardens K000226036: Pappe [s.n.] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/4fe6e8c7639452661c38b67806be203c.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000226037: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Kew Gardens K000226037: Drege [s.n.] South Africa](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/eb2763e5b41579df7f3ce92261729a8b.jpg)

![Kew Gardens K000226039: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Kew Gardens K000226039: Drege [s.n.] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/87e0b19fe8b472df76eae16dec1be7e1.jpg)


![Kew Gardens K000226042: Baur, R. [873] South Africa Kew Gardens K000226042: Baur, R. [873] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/652ceec118043561f4c264c9c774027f.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000226043: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Kew Gardens K000226043: Drege [s.n.] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/94c2b8693d49732bff715a79c008b54d.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000226044: Forsyth [s.n.] South Africa Kew Gardens K000226044: Forsyth [s.n.] South Africa](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/c75e7fc68068cdfc7d36525f5ba64df9.jpg)
![Kew Gardens K000226045: Mac Owan [55] South Africa Kew Gardens K000226045: Mac Owan [55] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/6657879ff9b593d3fc0cdc5f06e64a47.jpg)


Myrsine africana Sp. Pl. : 196 (1753)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Sp. Pl. 1: 196. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226036: Pappe [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226037: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226038: South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226039: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226040: South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226041: South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226042: Baur, R. [873] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226043: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226044: Forsyth [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000226045: Mac Owan [55] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Type specimen at Edinburgh (E). Lobb, Thomas: 478. Barcode: E00824907. Specimen link provided by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
- person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 589037-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-2502761
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-2502761
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2018-07 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06Placement: Ericales > Primulaceae > Myrsine > Myrsine africana
Synonyms
- Myrsine bifaria
- Myrsine africana var. retusa
- Myrsine potama
- Myrsine africana var. bifaria
- Myrsine microphylla
- Myrsine vaccinifolia
- Myrsine africana var. africana
- Myrsine africana var. acuminata
- Rhamnus myrtillus
- Myrsine africana var. glandulosa