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Noltea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants. The single species, Noltea africana (commonly known as the Soap Bush or Soap Dogwood), is a small, bushy tree of about 4 metres that is endemic to the southern Cape of South Africa, where it grows beside rivers and in pockets of afro-montane forest. It has small, white, mildly fragrant flowers and when it grows larger it assumes a willow shape, with slightly weeping branches. The leaves are...

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• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
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• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• SEINet Symbiota portals
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