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Lydenburgia abbottii
Pondo bushman's tea is a rare small tree from South Africa, known from only two river gorges on the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape border. It grows in shaded, humid ravines and is seldom cultivated.
Lydenburgia abbottii, commonly known as the Pondo bushman's tea (Afrikaans: Pondo-boesmanstee), is a rare species of tree only found in two river gorges less than 10 km (6.2 mi) apart on the KwaZulu-Natal / Eastern Cape border, South Africa.
Lydenburgia abbottii is endemic to the Pondoland region in deep ravines amongst subtropical Pondoland-Natal Sandstone Coastal Sourveld vegetation. It is found in the Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, with the majority of the population found along unprotected tributaries of the Mzamba River.
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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.
