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  • Cape Chestnut, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) James Kuria NDUNG’U, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Cape Chestnut, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) johanlabuschagne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Almut Martens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Cape Chestnut, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Reuben Heydenrych, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cape Chestnut

Calodendrum capense

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Calodendrum capense (Cape chestnut) is an African tree which was first studied at The Cape in South Africa and cultivated widely for its prolific flower display. It is native to a swath of the east side of the continent from the equatorial highlands of Kenya at its northern limit southwards through isolated mountains in Tanzania to both sides of Lake Malawi, the Mashonaland Plateau and Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe, and then along the lower slopes of...

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