Editing Dovyalis longispina (section)

=== Sun and humidity ===

The species grows in full sun or light shade. Give established plants strong light with enough airflow to avoid a permanently wet canopy; light shade is a useful option where summer heat or exposure is severe.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup> Its coastal and scrub habitats indicate adaptation to seasonal atmospheric moisture, but no species-specific humidity threshold is established here.

SANBI describes the plant as drought resistant and reports some frost tolerance, while recommending protection for young plants. Those are qualified observations, not a numeric cold limit: protect newly planted specimens from hard freezes and avoid using the description as evidence for a universal hardiness boundary.<sup>[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]</sup>