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Red Coffeebush

Berzelia stokoei

Red Coffeebush
Photo: magriet b, CC BY-SA 4.0

Red Coffeebush (Berzelia stokoei) is a small shrub from the fynbos of the south-western Cape, South Africa, in the Bruniaceae family. It is rarely grown outside its native range and needs well-drained, sunny conditions similar to fynbos habitat.

Family
Bruniaceae (Bruni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Acidic, sandy, very well-drained soil low in phosphorus, similar to fynbos soils.
Temperature
Mild Mediterranean-type climate suited; protect from frost, about 0 °C is the approximate cold limit.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Berzelia stokoei is a shrub that belongs to the Bruniaceae family. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and is part of the fynbos.

Other Berzelia plants

Coppice Kolkol · Coffeebush · Berzelia alopecurioides · Berzelia arachnoidea · Soft Kolkol · Eastern Kolkol · Potberg Kolkol · Minihead Kolkol · Kogelberg Kolkol · Langeberg Kolkol · Rock Kolkol · Common Coppice Kolkol

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Berzelia stokoei 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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