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Fuzzy Lemon Aspen

Acronychia vestita

Fuzzy Lemon Aspen
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Acronychia vestita is a rainforest tree from northeast Queensland, growing up to about 21 m, with large clusters of small flowers and fleshy fruit. It is grown mainly as a shade or specimen tree in warm, frost-free gardens rather than as a houseplant.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then as needed in dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or loam enriched with organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect from frost and temperatures below about 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acronychia vestita, commonly known as white aspen, lemon aspen, hairy aspen or fuzzy lemon aspen, is a species of rainforest tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has simple, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, flowers arranged in relatively large groups, mostly in leaf axils and fleshy, pear-shaped to more or less spherical fruit.

Where it grows

White aspen grows in rainforest from sea level to an altitude of 900 m (3,000 ft) between Cairns and Rockingham Bay in near-coastal Queensland.

Other Acronychia plants

Acid Berry · Lemon Aspen · White aspen · Thornton Aspen · Byron Bay Acronychia · Mountain Aspen · Crater Aspen · Eungella Aspen · Beach acronychia · Hard Aspen · Scented Acronychia · White Aspen

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acronychia vestita by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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