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Hildegardia migeodii

Hildegardia migeodii
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0

Hildegardia migeodii is a deciduous shrub or small tree from coastal East Africa, rarely grown outside its native range. It is a seasonally dry tropical species and is best treated as a warm, sun-loving garden shrub.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply during the growing season and let the soil dry out between waterings; reduce watering while the plant is leafless.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
E. Tanzania to Mozambique
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Hildegardia migeodii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. The deciduous shrub or smallish tree is an uncommon to rare endemic to the coastal forests region of eastern Africa.

Where it grows

It occurs locally from southern Tanzania to southern Mozambique. It has been found up to 250 m, or locally to 700 m a.s.l., in forest fringes, woodland and wooded grassland.

Other Hildegardia plants

Hildegardia cubensis · Hildegardia erythrosiphon · Hildegardia gillettii · Hildegardia populifolia · Hildegardia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hildegardia migeodii 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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