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Saddle Pod

Wrightia natalensis

Saddle Pod
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0
Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
S. Trop. & S. Africa
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Wrightia natalensis is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It grows as a small to medium-sized deciduous tree. Its fragrant flowers feature a creamy yellow corolla. The fruit is dark green and carried in pods up to 32 cm (13 in) in length. Its habitat is dry woodland and scrub forest from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) altitude. Wrightia natalensis is native to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga).

Other Wrightia plants

Wrightia angustifolia · Wrightia annamensis · Wrightia antidysenterica · Wrightia arborea · Wrightia demartiniana · Wrightia dubia · Wrightia flavorosea · Wrightia laevis · Wrightia lanceolata · Wrightia lecomtei · Wrightia pubescens · Water Jasmine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wrightia natalensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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