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Melianthaceae

Greyia radlkoferi

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Transvaal Bottlebrush, Transvaalse Baakhout
  • Family: Melianthaceae Link

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Shrub 2-4m, rarely a small tree; large, almost circular leaves, showy scarlet-red bell-shaped flowers in loose heads pointing downwards in autumn-spring.
  • Culture: Sow seed spring.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100537
  • Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.
  • Accession Date: 09-01-2001
  • Bench: 1309 - Evergreen monocot
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-06-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: rosids
  • Order: Geraniales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Melianthaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Info from Seed Packet

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