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Gelrebia

Gelrebia
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0

Gelrebia is a small genus of flowering legumes in the pea family (Fabaceae, subfamily Caesalpinioideae) with eight species native to sub-Saharan Africa. These are wild African plants rarely grown as garden or houseplants, so care guidance here is general and limited.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Light
Full sun

About

Gelrebia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It includes eight species native to sub-Saharan Africa, which range from Ethiopia to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gelrebia 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.

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