Life Span
Annual and Perennial
Perennial
Type
Broadleaf Evergreen
Flowering Plants
Origin
Africa, Southern Africa
Tropical Asia
Types
Drakensberg sugarbush, Clanwilliam sugarbush, The Wagon tree
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Number of Varieties
16000
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40000
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Habitat
Subtropical climates, Tropical regions
Rocky Mountains, wastelands
USDA Hardiness Zone
10-118-11
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-8
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Sunset Zone
H1, 22, 23, 24
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Habit
-
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Plant Size
Minimum Height
91.44 cm60.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
91.44 cm40.00 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
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White
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
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Leaf Color in Spring
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Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
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Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
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Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
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Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Egg-shaped
Maple shaped
Thorns
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✘
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Plant Season
Fall, Spring
Early Spring, Spring
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
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Fast
Type of Soil
Clay
Moist, Rich
The pH of Soil
Acidic
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Soil Drainage
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Well drained
Bloom Time
All year
Spring, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
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✘
✔
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Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Bedding, Container, Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Cuttings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires a lot of watering
Water Deeply
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral
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Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Moist, Rich
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Pinch Tips, Remove branches, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
-
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
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Fine
Foliage Sheen
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Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
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✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Flying insects, Insects
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Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
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Beauty Benefits
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-
Edible Uses
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✘
✔
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Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Cough, Diarrhea, Stomach Ulcers
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Part of Plant Used
Flowers
Flowers
Other Uses
Used for its medicinal properties
Used As Food
Used As Indoor Plant
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Used As Outdoor Plant
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✘
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Garden Design
Container, Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
Vegetable
Botanical Name
PROTEA
Abelmoschus manihot
Common Name
Protea, Waboom, Wagon Tree
Aibika, hibiscus spinach, ibika, bele
In Hindi
Protea plant
aibika
In German
Protea Pflanze
Maniok-Bisameibisch
In French
usine de Protea
L'Aibika
In Spanish
planta de protea
Aibika
In Greek
φυτό Protea
aibika
In Portuguese
planta Protea
Aibika
In Polish
Protea roślin
aibika
In Latin
Protea herba
aibika
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Vascular plant
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Proteales
Malvales
Family
Proteaceae
Malvaceae
Genus
Protea
Abelmoschus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
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Tribe
Proteae
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Subfamily
Proteoideae
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Number of Species
160015
1
27800
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