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Rock Nuxia

Nuxia glomerulata

Also called Rock Elder, Sticky Nuxia

Rock Nuxia
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Stilbaceae (Stilb family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Northern Prov.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Nuxia glomerulata is a species of plant in the Stilbaceae family. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the Northern Provinces of South Africa, where it has a restricted range between Pretoria and Zeerust. It resembles Nuxia congesta but the leaves are more elliptic, leathery and glabrous. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Nuxia plants

Nuxia allorgeorum · Nuxia ambrensis · Nuxia capitata · Brittlewood nuxia · Nuxia coriacea · White Elder · Limestone Elder · Nuxia involucrata · Nuxia isaloensis · River Elder · Nuxia pachyphylla · Nuxia pseudodentata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nuxia glomerulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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