Mountain Wild-Quince

Cryptocarya transvaalensis

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Botanical name
Cryptocarya transvaalensis
Also known as
Mountain Wild-Quince
Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Cryptocarya
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Mountain Wild-Quince

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Cryptocarya transvaalensis but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cryptocarya siebertiana

Others in Cryptocarya

Cryptocarya parinarifolia
Cryptocarya turrilliana
Cryptocarya acuminata
Cryptocarya acutifolia
Cryptocarya adpressa
Cryptocarya agathophylla
Cryptocarya ainikinii
Cryptocarya alba

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