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Aglaia penningtoniana

Aglaia penningtoniana
Photo: The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Aglaia penningtoniana is a tropical tree in the mahogany family (Meliaceae), endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, and little cultivation information exists.

Family
Meliaceae (Meli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Temperature
Wet tropical climate only; not frost tolerant
How easy
Hard
Native range
Papua New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aglaia penningtoniana is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.

Other Aglaia plants

Aglaia agglomerata · Aglaia aherniana · Aglaia amplexicaulis · Aglaia angustifolia · Aglaia apiocarpa · Aglaia archboldiana · Silver boodyarra · Brown Ripples · Aglaia barbanthera · Aglaia basiphylla · Aglaia beccarii · Aglaia bourdillonii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aglaia penningtoniana 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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