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Droogmansia scaettaiana

Droogmansia scaettaiana is a legume shrub from West African savanna and grassland, growing up to about 2 m tall and likely able to recover from fire. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care advice here is general and best suited to sunny, drought-tolerant outdoor planting in warm climates.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Trop. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Droogmansia scaettaiana is a plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to West Africa.

Where it grows

Droogmansia scaettaiana is native to the region from Guinea to Ivory Coast. Its habitat is in grassland or savanna at altitudes of 330–1,700 m (1,100–5,600 ft).

Other Droogmansia plants

Droogmansia chevalieri · Droogmansia megalantha · Droogmansia montana · Droogmansia pteropus · Droogmansia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Droogmansia scaettaiana 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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