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Terminalia prunioides
Also called Lowveld Terminalia, Purple Fruited Clusterleaf, Purple Pod Terminalia, Purplepod Terminalia, Purplepod Clusterleaf
Terminalia prunioides is a small deciduous African tree of dry savanna and woodland, usually 2.5 to 15 m tall, with spiky branchlets and papery leaves. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, and its key requirement is hot, frost-free conditions with a dry season.
Terminalia prunioides, commonly known as the purple-pod cluster-leaf, purple-pod terminalia, or in Afrikaans as sterkbos or bloedvrugboom, is a small deciduous African tree in the family Combretaceae. It is native to eastern and south-central parts of the continent, ranging from Ethiopia and Somalia in the north to South Africa in the south.
The species has a wide distribution in eastern and southern Africa. Its native range includes Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa (in the Northern Provinces), Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia prunioides 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.
