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Prunus africana
Also called African Almond, African Cherry, Pygeum, Bitter Almond Tree
Prunus africana is a tall montane tree, up to 40 m, native to mountain forests across central and southern Africa and Madagascar, grown mainly for its timber and for bark extracts used in medicine. It is a tree for large spaces and is rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so care centres on a moist, bright, cool site.
Prunus africana, the African cherry, is an African species of cherry growing to 40 metres (130 feet) in height.
The species has a wide distribution in Africa, occurring in montane regions of central and southern Africa and on the islands of Bioko, São-Tomé, Grande Comore, and Madagascar. It can be found at 1,500–2,300 m (5,000–8,000 ft) above sea level.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prunus africana 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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
