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Amanoa caribaea is a large tropical forest tree native to Dominica and Guadeloupe, locally called karapit. It grows up to about 30 m tall and is not a common garden or houseplant, so it is mainly of interest to botanists and forest growers.
Amanoa caribaea is a species of flowering plant native to Dominica and Guadeloupe, known locally as the karapit, or carapite. It was described by Karl Wilhelm Leopold Krug and Ignatz Urban in 1897. It is in the genus Amanoa and the family Phyllanthaceae.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amanoa caribaea 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.
