TreeBook: Tree Species Indigenous to Southern Africa, indexed by Scientific name.
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Diospyros lycioides
Diospyros lycioides | Bluebush | Bloubos | A tough, hardy shrub-like tree which occurs almost throughout South Africa | Leeuwfontein Estates, Pretoria
Gardening ideas
Suitable for a small garden as a screening tree or to create a bush veld look and feel. Plant it for its red fruit, which will attract fruit eating birds, and sweetly scented flowers, which will attract insects and bees. It is a no-nonsense, easy grower that tolerates almost all soil types.
Diospyros lycioides
Bluebush, Star-apple
Bloubos
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It is very hardy (min. temperature -6C
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It will grow in soil type:
well-drained, sandy
Small: 4m high; 3m crown
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Mature size?
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Plant in container?
No
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It's leaf growth is
semi-deciduous
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It's growth rate is
medium
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It's roots are
slightly aggressive
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It's drought tolerance?
Drought tolerant
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Sexes?
Bisexual flower on the same tree
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Birds?
Fruit eaters
up to 5m
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Screening value?
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Flowers?
inconspicuous
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Value to game?
browse leaves