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Pondo Waterberry

Syzygium pondoense

Also called Pondo Water Berry

Pondo Waterberry
Photo: Manie Maree, CC BY-SA 3.0

Pondo Waterberry is a shrub or small tree from the Myrtle family, native to the eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is rarely grown in gardens and is threatened by habitat loss in the wild.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic to neutral soil enriched with organic matter.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
subtropical

About

Syzygium pondoense is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Syzygium plants

Syzygium ingens · Waterberries · Eugenia calcadensis · Eugenia camptophylla · Syzygium duthieanum · Eugenia gageana · Syzygium glaucum · Syzygium goodenovii · Syzygium kiahii · Eugenia klossii · Syzygium koordersianum · Eugenia laevicaulis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium pondoense 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.

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