Olinia emarginata
| Olinia emarginata | |
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| Olinia emarginata bark | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Penaeaceae |
| Genus: | Olinia |
| Species: | O. emarginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Olinia emarginata | |
Olinia emarginata, the mountain hard pear or berghardepeer in Afrikaans language, is a tree species in the genus Olinia native to South Africa and Lesotho.
Prunasin, a cyanogenic glucoside, can be found in the leaves of O. emarginata.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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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