Cape Chestnut

Calodendrum capense

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Treelist Melville Koppies

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Useful Medicinal Attractive Fragrant Sun Tree Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) James Kuria NDUNG’U, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Kuria NDUNG’U source
• (c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Craig Peter source
• (c) Reuben Heydenrych, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Reuben Heydenrych source
• (c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wynand Uys source
• (c) johanlabuschagne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Almut Martens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Almut Martens source
• (c) Reuben Heydenrych, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Reuben Heydenrych source
• (c) Daryl de Beer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Daryl de Beer source
• (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Swanepoel source
• (c) Karen Eichholz, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Karen Eichholz source