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Warburgia

Warburgia
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0

Warburgia is a genus of small to medium evergreen trees from eastern and southern Africa, in the Canellaceae family. Its commonly grown members are typically grown as shade or garden trees in warm climates, and are valued in traditional medicine; they need good drainage and protection from frost.

Family
Canellaceae (Canell family)
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained loam or sandy loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Warburgia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Canellaceae described in 1895. It was named for the German botanist Otto Warburg. It is native to eastern and southern Africa.

All four species have medicinal uses. Extracts of Warburgia ugandensis have been reported to show some antimalarial properties in animal models.

Other Warburgia plants

Pepper bark tree · East African Greenbark

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Warburgia 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.

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