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Cowl Pagodas - Mimetes


Common Pagoda - Mimetes cuculatus
Common Pagoda - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Habit: Multi-stemmed shrub to 2m tall
Fire survival: Resprouts from underground bole
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: All year round, peaking August - March
Pollinator: Bird
Fruit: Released 2-6 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Not threatened, the most widespread Pagoda
Habitat: Sandy soils, 0-1200m
Distribution: Citrusdal to Peninsula to Kouga Mountains

Tree Pagoda - Mimetes fimbriifolius
Tree Pagoda - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Habit: A rounded, gnarled shrub to 5m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: All year round, peaking July - December
Pollinator: Bird
Fruit: Released 2-6 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Not threatened
Habitat: Sandy soils, 0-1100m
Distribution: A Cape Peninsula endemic

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