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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. holstii
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberis holstii | |
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Berberis holstii is a spiny evergreen shrub assigned to the barberry family, with simple leaves, hanging panicles with a few yellow flowers and eventually blackish-blue berries.[1] It is one out of only species of Berberis that grow in the wild in Africa, where it can be found at high altitudes (above 2000 m) in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Malawi. It is also reported from Yemen and Oman.[2][3] In Malawi it is known as Kayunga, while in Ethiopia it is called Gewo, Yeset af in Amharic, as well as Zinkila, a name also used in the Afar language, and Godxantool in the Somali language.[4][5][6]
- ^ Engler, Heinrich Gustav Adolf (1895). Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas. Berlin, D. Reimer.
- ^ "Berberis holstii Engl". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ Maliwichi-Nyirenda, Cecilia Promise; Malawichi, Lucy Lynn; Franco, Miguel (2011). "Medicinal uses of Berberis holstii Engl. (Berberidaceae) in Malawi, the only African endemic barberry". Journal of Medicinal Plants Research. 5 (8): 1367–1373. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ Nyirendra, Celia Promise Maliwichi (2008), The conservation biology of Berberis holstii Engl. in Nyika National Park, Malawi (thesis) (PDF), retrieved 2017-03-03
- ^ "Berberis holstii" (PDF). worldagroforestry.org. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ Thulin, M. (2008). Flora Somalia. Vol. 1. cited on "Compilation Berberis holstii". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 2017-03-25.