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Vangueria bicolor

Vangueria bicolor is a small tree in the coffee family, endemic to Tanzania (Lushoto area). Little cultivation information exists; it is grown mainly where it occurs naturally in seasonally dry tropical woodland.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained soil, sandy or loamy.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Tanzania (Lushoto)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Vangueria bicolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.

Other Vangueria plants

Wild Medlars · Wild Medlars · Vangueria agrestis · Vangueria albosetulosa · Vangueria apiculata · Forest Crowned Medlar · Vangueria burnettii · Vangueria burttii · Vangueria chariensis · Vangueria cinerascens · Vangueria cinnamomea · Vangueria cistifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vangueria bicolor 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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