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Family: ARALIACEAE 
 Cussonia kirkii

This is actually Cussonia kirkii v. kirkii

  
Author:  Berthold Carl Seemann 1866
Family:  Araliaceae
Habitat:  Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium
Sun:  Maximum
Thickness:  75 centimetres
Height:  15 meters
Flower:  Red
Reproduction:  Seeds/Cuttings
Pop names:  -
Synonyms:  Cussonia barteri, Seem. 1887
Got it from:  Erkelens-Golkrath, D.
Year:  2003

Same plant after five years.

    This member of the Araliaceae family was described by Berthold Carl Seemann in 1866. It's from tropical Africa. Grows in well-drained soil with quite some water in summer and lots of sun. It can reach 15 meters and the flowers are small and red. The stem can grow to 75 centimetres in diameter.

Named after Pierre Cusson 1727-1783, French physician, botanist and mathematician.

Specks 0237 (Tanzania, Ruvuma Prov.).