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Curved Fruit Hakea

Hakea cyclocarpa

Also called Ram's Horn, Wild Bean, Ramshorn Hakea

Curved Fruit Hakea
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Native range
SW. Australia

About

Hakea cyclocarpa, commonly known as the ram's horn, wild bean or curved-fruit hakea is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. A strongly scented species with large creamy-white flowers with a red style and interesting fruit. Native to an area along the west coast and south west regions of Western Australia.

Where it grows

Hakea cyclocarpa grows from the Darling Range near Perth and south to the jarrah forests to Augusta. An uncommon species growing on granite, laterite, loam, clay, sand and gravelly soils in heath and forests. An ornamental shrub that is drought and frost tolerant, requiring semi-shade and a well-drained site.

Other Hakea plants

Mulloway Needle Bush · Column Hakea · Hakea acuminata · Hakea adnata · Enigma Hakea · Hakea ambigua · Prickly Hakea · Hakea anadenia · Yellow Hakea · Big Nellie Hakea · Hakea asperma · Hakea auriculata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hakea cyclocarpa 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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