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Sparrmannia africana
Also called African Linden, Stock Rose, Cape hemp, African Lime Tree, Cape Hollyhock, Cape Stockrose
African hemp is an evergreen shrub or small tree from South Africa and Madagascar, grown mainly as a houseplant or in warm gardens. It is valued for its large leaves and white flowers with red and yellow stamens that move when touched.
Sparrmannia africana, the African hemp or African linden, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to open woodland in South Africa and Madagascar. It is one of up to seven species in the genus Sparrmannia. The genus name is after Anders Sparrman.
Growing to 3–6 m (10–20 ft) tall by 2–4 m (7–13 ft) broad, S. africana is an evergreen shrub or small tree with large pale green leaves 21 cm (8 in) long and clusters of white flowers with red and yellow stamens. It is not closely related to the true hemp, cannabis.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sparrmannia 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.
