CONSERVATION STATUS:
- Threatened.
CULTIVATION:
- Full sun.
- Can sustain drought but does well with regular watering and good drainage.
- Frost resistant.
PROPAGATION:
- Readily propagated from seed and suckers.
- Relatively fast growing and transplants mostly successful.
NATURAL HABITAT:
- Eastern Cape Province on hills and mountains from the Uitenhage to Pearston area, close to the eastcoast to areas of Willowmore and Steytlerville inland.
STEM:
- Erect, aerial stem which sometimes branches.
- Stem can reach a length of 2 meters with a diameter of 25 cm to 45 cm.
- The stem has relatively large leaf bases.
