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Accession Data:

Acridocarpus natalitius A.Juss.

  • Common Name: Moth Fruit
  • Family: Malpighiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: southern Africa - eastern Cape, Swaziland, Mozambique
  • Habitat: coastal forest, forest margins, bushveld and sand forest

  • Description: A climbing (scandent) shrub for the greenhouse with shiny, dark-green leathery leaves and bearing in summer long, conical spikes of bright yellow flowers.1
  • Culture: Forest edges and clearings, on rocky shallow red clay soils rich in organic matter.
  • USDA Zone: 9

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199500164
  • Source: Chiltern Seed Co.
  • Accession Date: 09-11-1995
  • Bench: 1106 - AFR:West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malpighiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Bee Pollination (melittophily)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mozambique / Zimbabwe / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces

References (external):

  1. Chiltern Seed Catalog 1995
  2. PlantZAfrica. Last accessed on Wednesday, 12 June, 2019.
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 12 June, 2019.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:18:10 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Malpighiaceae

  • Acridocarpus natalitius
  • Acridocarpus zanzibaricus W/C
  • Banisteriopsis caapi
  • Galphimia gracilis
  • Malpighia coccigera
  • Malpighia glabra
  • Microsteira sp. W/C
  • Stigmaphyllon ciliatum
  • Tristellateia australasiae
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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