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Botanical details
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Myrtus
- Genus description
Myrtus are evergreen shrubs or small trees with aromatic, leathery leaves and solitary, bowl-shaped white flowers followed by fleshy, often edible berries
- Name status
Accepted
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