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Metrosideros angustifolia, the Cape-gum, is a small tree of South African fynbos, endemic to the Western Cape and usually found along stream banks. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care advice is general rather than well documented.
Metrosideros angustifolia, the Cape-gum, is a small tree restricted to fynbos and resembles the waterbessie. It is endemic to the Western Cape. It lives on stream banks where it occurs as a small tree, large specimens are rare. The tree can be identified by its narrow, elliptical, hairless leaves. There are usually some red leaves present on the tree.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metrosideros angustifolia 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.
