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Maytenus oleoides, commonly known as the mountain maytenus or rock false candlewood, is a dense, medium-sized tree that grows throughout the western half of South Africa. It is known as klipkershout in Afrikaans.
Maytenus oleoides is native to South Africa where it occurs in the Eastern Cape, in part of the Northern Cape and in the Western Cape, including the Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula. At high altitudes it grows as a shrub or dwarf tree but at lower elevations it forms a more robust, small tree up to 6 m (20 ft) high with a spreading crown. It mostly grows in woodland along streams and on scree slopes. The climate is one of cool moist winters and dry warm summers, with an average precipitation of 160 cm (63 in) which mostly falls between May and August.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Maytenus oleoides 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.
