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Warburgia salutaris
Also called Muranga, Pepper Root Tree, East African Green Wood, Kenya Greenheart, Muziga Bark, Pepper Bark, Pepper Leaf
Warburgia salutaris is a medicinal tree from southern Africa, usually 10 m tall and sometimes up to 20 m, with aromatic, shiny evergreen leaves. It is rarely grown as a garden plant; it is overharvested in the wild and protected in South Africa, so it is best grown from nursery-raised stock and given a warm, frost-free site.
Warburgia salutaris (pepper-bark tree, Afrikaans: Peperbasboom, Sotho: Molaka, Venda: Mulanga, Zulu: Isibaha) is a species of tree in the family Canellaceae. It is native to southwestern Africa, including Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and KwaZulu-Natal the Northern Provinces of South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a popular medicinal plant and is overharvested in the wild, another reason for its endangerment. The Pepper-bark tree is a protected tree in South Africa. Various projects are investigating methods of propagation under controlled conditions with subsequent planting in the wild.
This is an erect tree growing up to about ten metres in maximum height, but known to reach 20 metres at times. It has a thick canopy of aromatic, shiny green leaves. The evergreen leaf blades are lance-shaped, measuring up to 11 cm long by 3 wide. The flowers have ten yellow-green petals.
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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.
