Protea
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Protea is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes. It is the type genus of the Proteaceae family.
Protea repens bush
Protea eximia flower.
Protea afra, the common protea
Dried head of P. madiensis shedding mature fruit
Protea afra
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Protea afra, native to Africa, inhabiting from South Africa to Kenya, is a small tree or shrub which occurs in subtropical open or wooded grassland, usually on rocky ridges. Its leaves are leathery an
Protea
…found south of the Limpopo River. Protea madiensis grows in Afromontane enclaves across tropical Africa, from Guinea to Sudan, Mozambique, and Angola. Protea afra ranges from the Cape region to Uganda and Kenya, including in the chaparral zone of Mount Kenya National Park. The extraordinary richness and diversity…
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P. afra woodland
Flowerhead in bud