Accession Data

Acridocarpus natalitius

Common Name: Moth Fruit

Family: Malpighiaceae

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

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9

Accession #: 199500164

Accession Date: 1995-09-11 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1106

Quantity: 1

Source: Chiltern Seed Co.

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

Family: Malpighiaceae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Chiltern Seed Catalog 1995
  2. PlantZAfrica. Last accessed on Wednesday, 12 June, 2019.
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 12 June, 2019.

Images

Acridocarpus natalitius