Euclea

Euclea, from the Greek eukleia meaning "glory and fame", denotes a group of flowering plants in the Ebenaceae or ebony family. They were described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1774. The genus includes evergreen trees and shrubs, native to Africa, the Comoro Islands and Arabia. Several species are used for timber, producing a hard, dark heartwood timber similar to ebony.

Species
There are some 16 to 18 species, including:


 * Euclea acutifolia E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Cape Province
 * Euclea angolensis Gürke – Angola
 * Euclea asperrima E.Holzh. – Namibia
 * Euclea balfourii Hiern ex Balf.f.
 * Euclea coriacea A.DC. – Lesotho, South Africa
 * Euclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke – southern Africa
 * Euclea dewinteri Retief – Limpopo
 * Euclea divinorum Hiern – from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal
 * Euclea lancea Thunb. – Cape Province
 * Euclea laurina Hiern ex Balf.f.
 * Euclea natalensis A.DC. – from Somalia to KwaZulu-Natal
 * Euclea neghellensis Cufod. – Ethiopia
 * Euclea polyandra (L.f.) E.Mey. ex Hiern – Cape Province
 * Euclea pseudebenus E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Angola, Namibia, Cape Province
 * Euclea racemosa L. – from Egypt to Cape Province; Comoros, Oman, Yemen
 * Euclea sekhukhuniensis Retief, S.J.Siebert & A.E.van Wyk – Mpumalanga
 * Euclea tomentosa E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Cape Province
 * Euclea undulata Thunb. – from Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal