Author: |
Carl Peter Thunberg,
1780 |
Family: |
ARALIACEAE |
Origin: |
Southern
South Africa |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
60
Centimetres |
Height: |
5
Meters |
Flower:
|
Greenish. |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Coast
Cabbage Tree |
Synonyms: |
Cussonia
thyrsoidea, Carl Peter Thunberg |
This member of the Araliaceae
family was described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1780. It is found in
southern
South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun.
It will grow to five meters in height, and the caudex can grow to 60
centimetres in diameter. The flowers are stellate, greenish and bi-
or unisexual.
The genera is named after
Pierre Cusson, 1727-1783, a French physician, botanist and
mathematician. The species means
'thyrse-flowered'.
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