Botanical Name: Harpephyllum caffrum
Common Name: Wild Plum
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an erect, mostly single-trunked tree, with irregular zig-zag branching forming a dense rounded canopy
Height 20-40' (50')
Spread equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil well-draining loam
Hardiness some frost (zones 17, 19, 21-24); prefers mild coastal locale
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnately compound, alternate (often crowded at ends of branches) 10-18" long with an odd-number (11-19) lanceolate leaflets
Flowers white, tiny, in mostly terminal panicles; late spring to summer
Fruit a drupe: plum-red, oval, 3/4"-1" long
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
widely used in Southern California as a shade tree or small accent tree for its showy fruit and glossy foliage
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular preferred; tolerates some drought after established
Fertilizing balanced, in spring; add iron to correct chlorosis
Pruning to shape desired; thin out canopy
Pests/Diseases aphids, sooty mold
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China/India
Family: Anacardiaceae

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