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Flueggea leucopyrus
Also called Spinous Flueggea, Indian Snowberry
Bushweed is a many-branched, spiny shrub or small tree from dry and scrub forests of East Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, growing up to about 5 m tall. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, so care notes are general guidance for cultivation in warm climates.
Flueggea leucopyrus is a species of shrub or tree. It primarily grows in wet tropical biomes. Its common names include Indian snowberry, white honey shrub, bushweed, and cool pot.
The native range of Flueggea leucopyrus includes parts of East Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. The species can be found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Socotra, Sajid Island, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and China (Sichuan, Yunnan). It is commonly found on foothills in scrub forests and in dry deciduous forests at elevations of 0 to 900 m.
Its fruits are edible.
Simpleleaf bushweed · Flueggea anatolica · Flueggea elliptica · Poumuli · Mehamehame · Arching Bushweed · Tamujo · Common bushweed · Vascular Plants
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Flueggea leucopyrus 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.
