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Accession Data:

Heteropyxis natalensis Harv.

  • Common Name: Lavender Tree
  • Family: Myrtaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: S. Trop. & S. Africa
  • Habitat: forest margins, rocky outcrops, hillsides, and termite mounds

  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198700171
  • Source: JL Hudson
  • Accession Date: 10-21-1986
  • Bench: 1107 - AFR:West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: rosids
  • Order: Myrtales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • SubFamily: Psiloxyloideae
  • Tribe: Heteropyxideae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

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

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Malawi / Mozambique / Zimbabwe / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces

References (external):

  1. Heteropyxis natalensis at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 05, 2017.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 05, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 05, 2017.
  4. Heteropyxis natalensis at African Plants Database. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 05, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:39:20 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Heteropyxis natalensis

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  • Heteropyxis natalensis
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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