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Honeybush

Codon royenii

Also called White Codon, White Nectarcup

Honeybush
Photo: (c) Kevin Murray, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Codonaceae (Codon family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Namibia to N. Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Codon royenii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Codon. It is native to Namibia and the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It is also known by the names honey bush or white nectarcup, or in Afrikaans as heuningbos and suikerkelk (meaning sugar cup).

Where it grows

Codon royenii is found in Namibia and the Northern Cape, from central Namibia to Gordonia through Namaqualand to Loeriesfontein, Biedouw Mountains, and the Tanqua Karoo.

Other Codon plants

Yellow Nectarcup · Codon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Codon royenii 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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