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Actinodaphne salicina is a large shrub or small tree from the laurel family, native to the montane rainforests of India's Western Ghats. It is a wild forest species rarely cultivated, so care is mostly for a sheltered, humid tropical setting.
Actinodaphne salicina is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a large shrub or small tree, which grows up to 6 metres tall, that is endemic to the Western Ghats of Kerala and Tamil Nadu states in southwestern India. It grows in montane evergreen rain forest from 1,200 to 1,800 metres elevation, where it is known from about five locations.
The species was first described by Carl Meissner in 1864.
Actinodaphne albifrons · Actinodaphne bourdillonii · Actinodaphne bourneae · Actinodaphne campanulata · Actinodaphne ellipticibacca · Actinodaphne fragilis · Actinodaphne johorensis · Actinodaphne lanata · Actinodaphne lawsonii · Actinodaphne malaccensis · Actinodaphne menghaiensis · Actinodaphne molochina
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Actinodaphne salicina 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.
