Cassinopsis ilicifolia
| Lemon thorn | |
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| 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]
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