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Ehretia rigida (Cape Lilac; Puzzle Bush)

Synonyms: Ehretia hottentotica; Ehretia violacea; Ehretia zeyeriana (homotypic); Ehretia zeyheriana

Wikipedia Abstract

Ehretia rigida (Puzzle bush, also Afrikaans: Deurmekaarbos = "confused/tangled bush"), is a small, multi-stemmed tree with a tangled growth habit belonging to the Boraginaceae or borage family. It occurs over a wide range of habitat throughout the eastern part of South Africa, and in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The genus honours the botanist Georg Dionysius Ehret, a celebrated botanist and botanical illustrator of the 18th century.
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Infraspecies

Predators

Aonidia rhusae[1]
Creatophora cinerea (Wattled Starling)[2]
Crithagra sulphurata (Brimstone Canary)[2]
Diaspidiotus africanus (grey scale)[1]
Ploceus velatus (Southern Masked Weaver)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0