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Euclea divinorum

Plants

Family: Ebenaceae · Genus: Euclea

Euclea divinorum

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Euclea divinorum, called diamond leaf, diamond-leaved euclea, magic guarri, and toothbrush tree, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Euclea, native to eastern and southern Africa. A shrub or small tree, it has many uses in Africa, including as a source for dye for wool, for tanning leather, and an ink, and as a preservative for milk, and, by chewing on a twig, as a toothbrush.

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