Common name
English: Shiny-leaf Buckthorn
German: Afrikanischer Faulbaum
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2599)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)
Order: Rhamnales (25)
Family: Rhamnaceae (8)(family description)
Genus: Rhamnus (4)
Epithet: prinoides L. (2)
prinoides => means, "resembles Prinos", which is the Greek name for Q. coccinea
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: shrub, arborescent
Flower colour: green, yellow