Calodendrum capense
Cape chestnut
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Calodendrum capense, or Cape chestnut, is an African tree admired for its spectacular pink and mauve flowers that often cover the entire canopy in spring and summer. Native to upland evergreen and riverine forests across East and Southern Africa, it is adapted to seasonally dry tropical climates. This popular ornamental can grow a meter per year when young but is known to host the Asian citrus psyllid.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2480.05%30 yr9.0 in
- 40.00%—14 in
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 23–65.6 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25–40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 9.0 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 18 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- East African montane forests
- Kwazulu Natal-Cape coastal forests
Other Calodendrum in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
