Bosea cypria

Bosea cypria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Bosea
Species: B. cypria
Binomial name
Bosea cypria
Boiss. ex Hook.f.

Bosea cypria is an evergreen shrub. It hangs on walls, cliffs, or trees. Its fruit is a globose red berry. It flowers from April to July.

Habitat

It grows on rocky limestone banks, cliffs, old walls or gulleys, from sea level to 600 m.

Distribution

It is endemic to Cyprus.

Cultivation

It has mostly been planted in hedges.

References

  • The Endemic Plants of Cyprus, Texts: Takis Ch. Tsintides, Photographs: Laizos Kourtellarides, Cyprus Association of Professional Foresters, Bank of Cyprus Group, Nicosia 1998, ISBN 9963-42-067-2
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