Flora Detail

Common Name Red Coffeebush, Rooi stompie (Afr.)
Family Bruniaceae (Blacktips)
Date Observed 31-01-2025
Category Shrubs
Catalogue No. 3352RG
Flowering Time Summer
Colour Red
Locations Observed
Estuary
Koppie
Nature Reserve
Small Holding
Village
Greater Rooiels Few

Berzelia stokoei

Information

Red Coffeebush, Rooi stompie (Afr.)

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It is a member of the Bruniaceae family and also known as the Rooistompie in Afrikaans. It is distributed from the Hottentots Holland Mountains through to Kleinmond in the Overberg where it grows on sandstone slopes. Berzelia stoekoei is named after the plant collector Thomas Pearson Stokoe. It's striking red blooms are often used in the cut flower industry. Flowering time is from November through to April.  (Botanical Society of South Africa)