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Widdringtonia nodiflora
Cupressaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Widdringtonia nodiflora

Widdringtonia nodiflora

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

A plant mainly found in cool and wet mountain fynbos in the tropics and subtropics, growing at elevations from 100 - 2,590 metres. The climate varies from Mediterranean in the Cape region to subtropical with summer rains and tropical montane in Malawi[1]. Established plants are very drought tolerant[2]. Plants are found in the wild on nutrient-poor, acidic soils that are derived mostly from granite, quarzite or sandstone[1]. Trees are highly inflammable and should not be planted close to houses in areas prone to bush fires[2]. Unlike other members of this genus, this species is capable of coppicing: it resprouts after fire[1]. The seed can be retained on the tree for a long time, being released when the tree is killed by fire and germinating rapidly to recolonize the area[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Widdringtonia+nodiflora>

Pollinators

Wind

References

  1. [1]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
  2. [2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  3. [3]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
  4. [4]The Gymnosperm Database — http://www.conifers.org/index.htm ↩︎A vast amount of information on conifers and families of gymnosperms.
  5. [5]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.