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Lowveld False Crowberry

Allophylus rubifolius

Lowveld False Crowberry is a shrub or small tree from eastern and southeastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, rarely grown as a garden plant. It suits warm, seasonally dry climates and is best grown outdoors where frost is absent.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during dry spells and let the top of the soil dry between waterings once established.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a loam-based mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Eritrea to S. Africa, Arabian Pen.
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Allophyllus rubifolius is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to eastern, east-central, and southeastern Africa, ranging from Eritrea to Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kwazulu-Natal, and to the Arabian Peninsula.

Other Allophylus plants

Allophylus agbala · Allophylus aldabricus · Allophylus bullatus · Allophylus chartaceus · Allophylus chirindensis · Allophylus cobbe · Allophylus cominia · Allophylus concanicus · False Currant · Allophylus dodsonii · Cocum · Allophylus marquesensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allophylus rubifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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