Euclea divinorum, called diamond leaf, diamond-leaved euclea, magic guarri, and toothbrush tree, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Euclea, native to eastern and southern Africa.[2] A shrub or small tree, it has many uses in Africa, including as a source for dye for wool, for tanning leather, and an ink, and as a preservative for milk (allowing it to keep for up to a year), and, by chewing on a twig, as a toothbrush.[3]

Magic guarri
Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ebenaceae
Genus:	Euclea
Species:	E. divinorum
Binomial name
Euclea divinorum Hiern[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Euclea balfourii Hiern ex Balf.f. Euclea huillensis Gürke Euclea katangensis De Wild. Euclea keniensis R.E.Fr. Euclea kiwuensis Gürke Euclea laurina Hiern ex Balf.f. Euclea stuhlmannii Gürke

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