Other vernacular names for this plant are chestnut sugarbush, Clanwilliam protea or kayang bush. In Afrikaans it is known as the kaiingbos, kaiing-suikerbos, kaiinghout, kayangbos, kreupelwaboom or tolletjiewaboom.[3]
Pollination occurs through the action of birds[3][5] and beetles.[5] The seed is not stored in the woody fruit and is spread by the wind as soon as it is ripe.[3][5] The plant grows in shallow sandstone soils or cracks in rock at altitudes of 500 - 1,500m.[5] It is long-lived and can re-sprout after burning from a bole-shaped rootstock, although it normally grows in areas where there is low risk of wildfires.[3][5]
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