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Dalbergia armata
Also called Thorny Rope, Hluhluwe Creeper, Monkey/thorny Rope, Thorny Rope Flatbean
Dalbergia armata is a robust, deciduous, scrambling liana or small tree from southeastern Africa, armed with strong hooked spines that help it climb into the canopy. It is grown mainly as a bonsai subject or as a climbing specimen in warm, frost-free gardens.
Dalbergia armata is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae.. It is sometimes referred to by the common names Thorny Rope, Hluhluwe creeper or Hluhluwe Creeper. It is a scrambling, deciduous plant that is native to subtropical to temperate regions of southeastern Africa. The robust, woody liana or small tree is armed with strong spines on the main stem and branches. It occurs sparsely or commonly in forest, bush, riparian fringes and in wooded ravines. It is sometimes employed as a bonsai subject, and it can be propagated from either seed or cuttings.
It occurs widely in coastal, montane or riparian forests of southern Tanzania, Mozambique, Eswatini and eastern South Africa. In South Africa it is present in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. The Hluhluwe River is named after this species, due to its prevalence on the banks of the river. The species is virtually confined to White’s Tongaland-Pondoland centre of endemism.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalbergia armata 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.
