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''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. 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. left, Foliage on a shrub in Pretoria


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3059478 divinorum Plant dyes Plants described in 1873