African hemp
Sparrmannia africana L.f.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 4.5 m
- wide
- 3.0 m
Malvaceae
Also called African Lime Tree, Cape Stockrose, African Linden, Cape Hollyhock, Stock Rose
Formerly Sparrmannia acerifolia
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Cape Prov.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 3.0 m to 6.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 2.0 m to 4.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 7 °C (USDA zone 11b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Spanish
- tilo africano
- Russian
- Спарманния африканская
- Afrikaans
- Kaapse stokroos, stokroos
- German
- Zimmerlinde
- Polish
- lipka afrykańska
- Danish
- stuelind
- Finnish
- valkokipinäsilmä
- Chinese (China)
- 垂蕾树
- Slovak
- lipka africká
- French
- Tilleul d'appartement
- Chinese
- 垂蕾树
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Sparrmannia africana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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