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Cape Wing-nut

Atalaya capensis

Also called Cape Krantz Ash, Cape Wingnut

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
E. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Atalaya capensis (also called Cape wing-nut) is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.

Other Atalaya plants

Atalaya angustifolia · Atalaya australiana · Atalaya brevialata · Atalaya calcicola · Atalaya collina · Cattlebush · Broad Leaved Whitewood · Natal wing-nut · Atalaya oligoclada · Atalaya rigida · Whitewood · Atalaya sericopetala

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atalaya capensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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