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Bridelia micrantha
Also called Benin Ironwood, Benin Ironwoods, Coast Cold Leaf, Coast Gold Leaf, Coastal Goldenleaf, Miteeri, Mitzeeri
Bridelia micrantha is a medium to tall tree (up to about 20 m) with a dense, widely spreading crown, native to tropical and southern Africa and Réunion. It grows best in warm, moist conditions, and is usually grown as a shade or landscape tree rather than a houseplant.
Bridelia micrantha, the mitzeeri or the coastal golden-leaf, is a tree in the family Phyllanthaceae and is native to tropical and southern Africa as well as to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
They are found growing in coastal forests (such as KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Lowland Forest), riverine forest, swamp forest, woodland and along forest margins.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bridelia micrantha 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.
