Cassinopsis ilicifolia

Lemon thorn

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	(unplaced)
Family:	Icacinaceae
Genus:	Cassinopsis
Species:	A. ilicifolia
Binomial name
*Cassinopsis ilicifolia* (Hochst.) Sleumer

Cassinopsis ilicifolia is a spined, straggling shrub or liane that is native to the moister regions of southern Africa.^[1] It is named ilicifolia due to the leaves with somewhat serrated leaf margins, which resemble those of the genus Ilex.^[1]

Gallery

Flowering sprig
Flower
Green and ripe fruit
Ripe fruit

References

1 2 Schmidt, Ernst; Lotter, Merwyn; McCleland, Warren; Burrows, John (scientific editor) (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Johannesburg: Jacana. p. 364. ISBN 9781919777306.

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