Cape-chestnut
Calodendrum capense (L.f.) Thunb.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 8.5 m
- wide
- 9.9 m
Rutaceae
Formerly Dictamnus calodendrum, Dictamnus capensis, Pallassia capensis, Tarenna papyracea
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Kenya to S. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from The Plant Library (South Africa) and Desert-Tropicals, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 7.0 m to 10 mRead from The Plant Library (South Africa), Desert-Tropicals and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by 2 of 3 sources. Sources differ: The Plant Library (South Africa) 7–8 m; Desert-Tropicals 20–70 ft; Wikipedia 10–10 m
- Spread
- 7.6 m to 12 mRead from Desert-Tropicals, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from The Plant Library (South Africa) and Desert-Tropicals, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- PinkRead from The Plant Library (South Africa) and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: The Plant Library (South Africa) pink, purple; Wikipedia pink
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Desert-Tropicals, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 丽芸木
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- The Plant Library (South Africa), read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Desert-Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Calodendrum capense (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.