Southeast coast of South Africa between 27 S and 33 S and within 50 km of the sea, although remote from salt spray. Habitat open and dense evergreen forests, and short grassland.
Soils includes sands and heavy black clays.
Rainfall 750 to 1000 mm, with a summer maximum. This website contains a large amount of information regarding the plants housed in our diverse collections. This information is gathered from a wide variety of electronic, print and other sources. We have included reference information on each page to denote the original source of such information. More importantly, many of the plants in our collections have reputed medicinal properties according to some sources.