Apiaceae FAMILY
Heteromorpha arborescens
Heteromorpha arborescens
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitShrub
Growth—
A plant of tropical and subtropical, fairly dry climates. Mature plants can tolerate some frost[1]. Once established, the plants are drought resistant[1].
Propagation
Seed - easily grown from seed sown in trays kept in a shady area[1]. Water every second day and do not allow the sowing medium to dry out[1]. The seed starts to germinate after about two weeks, after three months the seedlings can be transplanted into larger pots[1]. Cuttings are quite simple, even though these may be lying around on the ground for a month or so before being planted[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Heteromorpha+arborescens>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]PlantZAfrica.com — http://www.plantzafrica.com ↩︎An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants.
- [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]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.