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Xylotheca kraussiana

Male flower X. kraussiana  © Geoff Nichols
Common names: African dog rose (Eng.); umbalekani, isishwashwa (Zulu); umdubu (Xhosa); Afrikaanse hondsroos (Afr.)
Family: Achariaceae

... in the warmer, frost-free areas of the country. Xylotheca kraussiana is a good plant to bring nature back to ... food for the butterflies Acraea oncaea and A. petraea. Xylotheca Xylothecakraussiana is a handy component in an ... atttractive woody fruit capsules are the link to the word Xylotheca , with xyl meaning woody, and theca meaning case. ...

02 / 08 / 2004 | R Williams | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium
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