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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Ekebergia capensis.JPG
|image_caption = ''[[Ekebergia capensis]]'' in South Africa
|taxon = Ekebergia
|authority = [[Sparrm.]]
|synonyms = ''Charia'' {{small|C.E.C.Fisch.}}
}}
'''''Ekebergia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the family [[Meliaceae]].<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Ekebergia'' Sparrm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26724-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=14 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> They are [[dioecious]] trees or shrubs, with odd-pinnate leaves.<ref name=Pennington>{{cite journal|first1=T. D.|last1=Pennington|first2=B. T.|last2=Styles|title=A Generic Monograph of the Meliaceae|journal=Blumea|volume=22|date=1975|pages=419–540}}</ref>
Its native range is tropical and southern Africa.<ref name="POWO" />
Its genus name of ''Ekebergia'' is in honour of [[Carl Gustaf Ekeberg]] (1716–1784), Swedish physician, chemist and explorer.<ref>{{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9}}</ref> It was published and described in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. Vol.1779 on page 282 in 1779.<ref name="POWO" />
Known species:<ref name="POWO" />
*''[[Ekebergia benguelensis]]'' {{small|Welw. ex C.DC.}}
*''[[Ekebergia capensis]]'' {{small|Sparrm.}}
*''[[Ekebergia pterophylla]]'' {{small|(C.DC.) Hofmeyr}}
*''[[Ekebergia pumila]]'' {{small|I.M.Johnst.}}
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[[Category:Meliaceae]]
[[Category:Meliaceae genera]]
[[Category:Dioecious plants]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1779]]