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Alyxia orophila
Alyxia orophila is a small shrub or tree of the Apocynaceae family, native to mountain rainforest in northeast Queensland at high altitude. It is rarely grown in gardens, and its care is mostly known from related Alyxia species.
Alyxia orophila, commonly known as chain fruit or mountain alyxia, is a species of plant in the oleander and frangipani family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia, and was first described in 1928.
It occurs in mountain rainforest at altitudes from 1,100 to 1,500 m (3,600 to 4,900 ft), from Ngalba Bulal National Park south to Tully Falls National Park.
Alyxia bracteolosa · Sea Box · Alyxia grandis · Native holly · Alyxia magnifolia · Alyxia menglungensis · Chain Fruit · Chainfruit · Bead Vine · Chain fruit · Alyxia Vine · Maile
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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.
