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Nuxia congesta
Also called Bogwood, Brittle Wood, Common Wild Elder, Wild Elder, Wild Laurustinus
Nuxia congesta is a shrub or small tree from southern and tropical Africa and southern Arabia, grown mainly for its native landscape value rather than as a common ornamental. It tolerates a range of dry to seasonally wet conditions once established.
Nuxia congesta, commonly known as brittle-wood, is a species of tree in the Stilbaceae family, with an extensive range in the Afrotropics. The species is named congesta for its dense inflorescences.
The species is native to Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, northwards to tropical Africa, Ethiopia and southern Arabia. It is also found on the islands in the Gulf of Guinea.
Nuxia allorgeorum · Nuxia ambrensis · Nuxia capitata · Nuxia coriacea · White Elder · Rock Nuxia · Limestone Elder · Nuxia involucrata · Nuxia isaloensis · River Elder · Nuxia pachyphylla · Nuxia pseudodentata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nuxia congesta 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.
