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Scutia
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Scutia

Scutia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the Galápagos, South America, Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, southern China and Southeast Asia. They are shrubs or small trees.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

cat-thorn

speciesScutia myrtina

Scutia buxifolia

speciesScutia buxifolia

thorn shrub

speciesScutia spicata

Scutia arenicola

speciesScutia arenicola

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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 62959.