Red beech
Protorhus longifolia
Summary 2
Protorhus longifolia, the red beech, is a medium to large, mostly dioecious species of tree in the Mango family. It is native to South Africa and Swaziland, where it occurs in well-watered situations from coastal elevations to 1,250 m. The leafy, evergreen trees have rounded crowns and usually grow between 6 and 10 m tall, but regularly taller in forest.
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- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protorhus_longifolia
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
