Faurea saligna
Faurea saligna
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant of the drier areas of tropical Africa, where it is found at elevations from 700 - 2,000 metres or more[1, 2, 3]. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 28°c, but can tolerate 16 - 35°c[4]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 500 - 1,000mm, but tolerates 400 - 1,500mm[4]. Requires a sunny position[4]. It is usually found on sandy or red loam soils and on stony slopes in the wild[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 5.5 - 7, tolerating 5 - 7.5[4]. Established plants are drought tolerant. Plants have a thick bark and can withstand moderate burning, but do not survive fierce grass fires[1]. The flowers are attractive to bees, who readily collect the nectar to produce a strongly flavoured honey with a rather musty aroma[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Faurea+saligna>
Pollinators
Bees
References
- [1]World Agroforesty Centre — http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ ↩︎An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc.
- [2]Flora Zambesiaca — http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html ↩︎An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
- [3]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
- [4]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.