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Vangueria venosa

Vangueria venosa
Photo: Unknown author, CC0

Vangueria venosa is a shrub in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to southern Africa, found in Mozambique, Eswatini and the former Transvaal region. It is a wild bush rather than a common garden plant, so little cultivation guidance exists.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
Native range
Mozambique to Eswatini
Climate
subtropical

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Vangueria venosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Mozambique, Eswatini and the former Transvaal region.

Other Vangueria plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vangueria venosa 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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