Hartogiella

Hartogiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Celastrales
Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Hartogiella
Codd, 1983
Species: H. schinoides
Binomial name
Hartogiella schinoides
(Spreng.) Codd
Synonyms

Hartagia

Hartogiella is a genus of flowering plants within the family Celastraceae.

It contains one species, Hartogiella schinoides (known as the Spoonwood or Smalblad), a medium-sized tree from the southern Western Cape province of South Africa. It has opposing leaves that show elastic threads when broken, and red fleshy fruit that becomes dry later in the year.

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