Cussonia arborea
Cussonia arborea
- Native to:
- Benin | Burkina | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | DR Congo | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Malawi | Mali | Mozambique | Nigeria | Rwanda | Sierra Leone | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Togo | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Araliaceae
- Genus:
- Cussonia
- Species:
- Cussonia arborea
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Tree
- Height:
- 600 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Medium
- Bloom Months:
- jan,feb,nov,dec
- Bloom Colors:
- cream, greenish-white
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Wildlife Value:
- birds, insects, small mammals
- Deer Resistant:
- Yes
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Resprouts vigorously from rootstock after fire damage, typical adaptation in African savanna woodlands with regular fire regimes.