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Kopsia arborea
Kopsia arborea grows as a tree up to 14 metres (50 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 10 centimetres (4 in). The bark is grey. Its flowers feature a white corolla. Fruits are blue-black, ellipsoid or roundish, up to 4.2 cm (2 in) long. The tree is found in a wide variety of habitats from sea-level to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) altitude. Local medicinal uses include as an enema and as a treatment for tonsilitis. K. arborea is...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 344977.