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Barbeyaceae

Barbeyaceae

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Barbeya.

Barbeya is the only genus in the familyBarbeyaceae, and has only one species, Barbeya oleoides. It is a small tree native to the mountains of Somalia, Ethiopia, and the Arabian Peninsula. It can be found locally abundant in the transition zone between the dry, evergreen, Afromontane forests and lower-elevation evergreen bushlands.