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St Helena ebony
My brother and I I am a shrub and I live with my
brother near rocks called Lot’s
Today, only two individuals from my Wife and Asses Ears. My name is
family survive in the wild, my brother St Helena ebony and I live on St
and I. Earlier, my family members Helena Island, in the middle of
grew up to five metres, but now we
are shorter and have long branches the Atlantic Ocean.
spreading along the ground.
I have horizontal stems and heart- Bio Height: 4 m
shaped, dark green leaves with soft,
hairy undersides.
Blast from
the past
St Helena ebony
comes from the family
Trochetiopsis, which
according to evidence
from fossil pollen, has
lived on the island for
9.5 million years.
8–9
My brother and I I am a shrub and I live with my
brother near rocks called Lot’s
Today, only two individuals from my Wife and Asses Ears. My name is
family survive in the wild, my brother St Helena ebony and I live on St
and I. Earlier, my family members Helena Island, in the middle of
grew up to five metres, but now we
are shorter and have long branches the Atlantic Ocean.
spreading along the ground.
I have horizontal stems and heart- Bio Height: 4 m
shaped, dark green leaves with soft,
hairy undersides.
Blast from
the past
St Helena ebony
comes from the family
Trochetiopsis, which
according to evidence
from fossil pollen, has
lived on the island for
9.5 million years.
8–9
