Mazhar Botanic Garden

Gymnosporia buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl.

Common spike -thorn

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001234
Common name: Common spike -thorn
English name: Pioneer spike-thorn
Native: South Africa - Angola- Mozambique
Country: South Africa
(PGR): Rare

 Evergreen shrubs grow to 4-9 m tall bark light brown, smooth and light brown when young,  becoming flakey, rough, corky and fissured, spines long, straight leaves clustered on short shoots, narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, hairless, with  margins toothed in the upper half flowers small whitish, unpleasantly scented fruit capsule 3 lobed

ornamental shrub. bonsai. hedges. medicinal.

Catha buxifolia (L) GDon - Celastrus buxifolius L

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Texture: Loam Mulch Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds- cuttings
Flowering time:
Zone: 9 : 12
pH range: 6.0-7.5

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