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 03-08-2023

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: euasterid I
Order: Lamiales
SubOrder:
Family: Stilbaceae
SubFamily:
Tribe:
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003

References (internal):

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

References (external):

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

data regenerated on Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:03:06 -0500 [bcm v4.0]