Olinia emarginata

Olinia emarginata
Olinia emarginata bark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Penaeaceae
Genus: Olinia
Species: O. emarginata
Binomial name
Olinia emarginata
Burtt Davy
fruits

Olinia emarginata, the mountain hard pear or berghardepeer in Afrikaans language, is a tree species in the genus Olinia native to South Africa.

Prunasin, a cyanogenic glucoside, can be found in the leaves of O. emarginata.[1]

See also

References

  1. Occurrence of the cyanogenic glucoside prunasin and II corresponding mandelic acid amide glucoside in Olinia species (Oliniaceae). Adolf Nahrstedt and Jürgen Rockenbach, September 1993, Phytochemistry, Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 433–436, doi:10.1016/0031-9422(93)80024-M
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