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Accession Data:

Pollichia campestris Aiton

  • Common Name: Waxberry, Suikerteebossie
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: eastern Africa

  • Description: 20-60cm straggling shrublet; white flowers all year; edible white berries.

    Formerly included in Illecebraceae, all of which is now included in Caryophyllaceae.

  • Uses: Fruits chewed for sore throat.

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  • Culture: Sow Autumn or Spring
  • USDA Zone: 8

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100492
  • Source: Silverhill Seeds
  • Accession Date: 12-31-2001
  • Bench: 2114 - MED:Fynbos F
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-03-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Caryophyllaceae
  • SubFamily: Paronychioideae
  • Tribe: Paronychieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
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References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Eritrea / Ethiopia / Somalia / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Cape Provinces / Lesotho / KwaZulu-Natal / Free State / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / Saudi Arabia / Yemen

References (external):

  1. Descriptive text adaped from Silverhill Seeds online catalogue
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, October 05, 2018.
  3. Pollichia campestris at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, October 05, 2018.

data regenerated on Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:18:17 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Pollichia campestris

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Current Accessions in the Caryophyllaceae

Subfamily Alsinoideae
Tribe Alsineae

  • Honckenya peploides W/C

Subfamily Caryophylloideae
Tribe Caryophylleae

  • Dianthus gratianopolitanus

Subfamily Caryophylloideae
Tribe Sileneae

  • Silene baccifera
  • Silene lagunensis W/C

Subfamily Paronychioideae
Tribe Paronychieae

  • Pollichia campestris
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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