Detail
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Calodendron capense
Cape Chestnut
Notes

Uses: Highly ornamental flowering small tree for wider street locations, verges and parks. Suited to higher rainfall areas of the Adelaide hills and plains.
Bird and butterfly attracting.
Caution: As with all deciduous species consideration must be given to planting in locations where litter will not reach waterways.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 2 by SA Water and requires written approval before being planted in any street or drainage area. It should not be planted closer than 3.5 metres to any sewer main or connection.

  • Canopy Shape canopy-round Round
  • Height 6-10m
  • Spread 4-6m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Rutaceae
  • Botanical Name Calodendron capense
  • Common Name Cape Chestnut
  • Origin South Africa
  • Habit Dense, Compact, Rounded, Dense
  • Landscape Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam
  • pH Acidic, Neutral
  • Tolerates Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Moderate
  • Flower Colour Pink
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Panicles
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Medium Tree (Usually between 5m & 11m)