A short story about little known Rytigynia ruwenzoriensis
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BGCI Member
News published: 3 January 2024
Rytigynia ruwenzoriensis is a shrub or small tree that is native to Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
R. ruwenzoriensis is assessed as Vulnerable on IUCN’s Red List primarily due to habitat loss from agriculture and human population growth.
Little, if anything, beyond a simple description of the shrub has been published.
On November 1 2022, LuTreeCo planted 10 six month old seedlings of R. ruwenzoriensis in a Miyawaki plot, with multiple copies of 35 other native species. On December 14 2023, we observed that one of the ten seedlings was flowering.
We therefore conclude that R. ruwenzoriensis can grow from seed to flowering in 18 to 19 months.
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