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MAUROCENIA
Hottentot Cherry, Aasvöelbessie (
Le
)
Family:
CELASTRACEAE
For Giovanni Francesco Morosini (1658-1739).**
(
Ch
)
Maurocenia frangula
(
La
)
Aasvoëlbossie, Hottentot's Cherry (
PS
)
Location: (
K
)
frango, frangere, = to break, break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, break in two; to grind, bruise, crush; to soften;
-ulus, = diminutive.
(
ld
,
BL
)