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Allophylus bullatus

Allophylus bullatus is a tropical African forest tree in the soapberry family, found in montane forest in West-Central Africa. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited and based on general knowledge of related Allophylus species.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WC. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Allophylus bullatus is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is found in Cameroon, Nigeria, and São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Allophylus plants

Allophylus agbala · Allophylus aldabricus · Allophylus chartaceus · Allophylus chirindensis · Allophylus cobbe · Allophylus cominia · Allophylus concanicus · False Currant · Allophylus dodsonii · Cocum · Allophylus marquesensis · Dune Bastard Currant

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allophylus bullatus 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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