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Rapanea
Rapanea is a genus of plant in family Primulaceae. It has often been placed in synonymy with Myrsine, and many species have been moved to Myrsine.
Species include:
- Rapanea acuminata
- Rapanea gilliana (Sond.) Mez
- Rapanea mccomishii Sprague - Lord Howe Island
- Rapanea melanophloeos - Southern Africa
- Rapanea myrtillina Mez - Lord Howe Island
- Rapanea parvifolia
- Rapanea perakensis ( King & Gamble) B.C.Stone - Malaysia endemic
- Rapanea platystigma (F.Muell.) Mez - Lord Howe Island
- Rapanea rhododendroides - a good tree for timber in Kenya
- Rapanea seychellarum Mez - Seychelles endemic
- Rapanea striata Mez - India endemic
Usage examples of "rapanea".
These vines lay thick on the top of lantana, and through them grew up the Lillypilli and Rapanea and the fluffy-flowered Callicoma.
He hoisted himself by grasping the stems of the callicomas and the rapaneas and the myrtles that grew sparsely here, and sometimes he was lucky enough to find a monkey vine hanging to a tree and that gave him a splendid lift.