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African Protea

Protea gaguedi

Also called African Sugarbush, African White Sugarbush, Deciduous Sugarbush, White Sugarbush, African White Protea, White Protea

African Protea
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Eritrea to S. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Protea gaguedi is a species of tree which belongs to the genus Protea.

Where it grows

It is widely distributed in Africa, from Eritrea in the north, to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It does not occur in the Sahel of West Africa. Countries it occurs in include Sudan (including South Sudan), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, eSwatini and South Africa.

Other Protea plants

Common Ground Sugarbush · Black Rim Sugarbush · Clasping Leaf Sugarbush · Angolan Protea · Kleinmond Sugarbush · Ladismith Sugarbush · Rough Leaf Sugarbush · Inyanga Sugarbush · Potberg Sugarbush · Shuttlecock sugarbush · Burchell's Sugarbush · Bishop Sugarbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protea gaguedi 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.

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