Common name: Moth Fruit
Family: Malpighiaceae
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Country of Origin: southern Africa - eastern Cape, Swaziland, Mozambique
Description: A climbing (scandent) shrub for the greenhouse with shiny, dark-green leathery leaves and bearing in summer long, conical spikes of bright yellow flowers.1
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9
Source: Chiltern Seed Co.
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Culture:
Forest edges and clearings, on rocky shallow red clay soils rich in organic matter.
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Malpighiales
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- Family: Malpighiaceae
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References:
- Chiltern Seed Catalog 1995
- PlantZAfrica. Last accessed on Wednesday, 12 June, 2019.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 12 June, 2019.
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