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Pachypodium saundersii
Pachypodium saundersii is a small, shrubby caudiciform succulent from southern Africa, growing up to about 1.5 m tall, with paired spines and white, pink-tinged flowers. It needs bright light, a sharply drained mix and careful, sparing watering.
Pachypodium saundersii, the kudu lily, is a succulent plant of the family Apocynaceae. It was named in honour of Sir Charles James Renault Saunders (1857–1931), the Natal Province civil servant and casual plant collector.
It is found naturally in Southern Africa, on the Lebombo Mountains and adjacent lowveld areas of Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini, and South Africa (Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces).
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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.
