Fynbos Corridor Collaboration

Christmas Berry

Chironia baccifera

Features data

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Source document Features
PlantZAfrica
Jan. 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.
  • Good potplant
  • Easy to grow
  • Medicinal
  • Attractive
  • Sun
  • Shrub
  • 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:

  • By Abu Shawka (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Aambeibossie_-_medicinal_herb_of_South_Africa_-_Chironia_baccifera_-_Cape_Town.jpg)
  • (c) Peter Slingsby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Slingsby source
  • (c) Rolf Theodor Borlinghaus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rolf Theodor Borlinghaus source
  • (c) Carina Lochner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carina Lochner source
  • (c) laurenvannoort, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
  • (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
  • (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
  • (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source

Sources and references

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