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Accession Data:

Halleria lucida L.

  • Common Name: Tree Fuchsia, African Honeysuckle
  • Family: Stilbaceae Kunth.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa, Natal
  • Habitat: understory shrub in swamp forests

  • Description: A straggling understory shrub in its native habitat, this forms a neat bush in cultivation, evergreen with ovate leaves and nodding scarlet flowers and violet-black fruit.
  • Uses: Fruit edible in times of famine.
  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900554
  • Source: Lisa Palmer - Dartmouth
  • Accession Date: 09-30-1999
  • Bench: 1118 - AFR:Ground Bed 2 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-12-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Stilbaceae
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Flowering Data:

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

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / Lesotho / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces

References (external):

  1. Nestlebrae Seed Catalogue
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 16 April 2015.
  3. CJB African Plants Database. Accessed 16 April 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:24:35 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Stilbaceae

  • Halleria lucida
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