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Vangueria bowkeri
Also called Smooth Leaved Crowned Medlar
Vangueria bowkeri is a shrub from southern Africa in the coffee family, native to South Africa and Eswatini and grown mainly in dry shrubland settings. It is a rarely cultivated species, so its care is largely inferred from related Vangueria and dry-climate shrubs.
Vangueria bowkeri is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to South Africa and Eswatini. It was described by Walter Robyns in 1928 and named after Colonel James Henry Bowker, the collector of the type specimen.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vangueria bowkeri 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.
