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Barbeya
plant genus
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- Barbeya oleoides
Barbeya, genus of dicotyledonous flowering tree, the sole species of which is B. oleoides. It grows in Ethiopia and Somalia and on the Arabian Peninsula. Barbeya has the general aspect of the olive tree but many botanical characteristics of the elm. Barbeya is included in the rose order (Rosales) as a separate family, Barbeyaceae; the taxonomic placement of the family is uncertain, however, and some authorities place it near Elaegnaceae, Rhamnaceae, or Dirachmaceae in Rosales. Barbeya has oppositely paired, simple, smooth-margined leaves that lack basal appendages (stipules) and are densely hairy and white on the lower surface. The male and ...(100 of 190 words)