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Tephrosia pondoensis
Also called Pondo Fish Poisonpea
Tephrosia pondoensis, the Pondo poison pea, is a small tree or shrub from the pea family, found only in the Cape Provinces of South Africa and protected there. Grow it as a warm, sun-loving shrub in free-draining soil, and treat it as a poisonous plant.
Tephrosia pondoensis (pondo poison pea, Afrikaans: Pondo-Gifertjie) is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in the Cape Provinces of South Africa, where it is protected under the National Forest Act (Act 84) of 1998. The pondo poison pea is threatened by habitat loss.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tephrosia pondoensis 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.
