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Anthocleista djalonensis

Anthocleista djalonensis
Photo: Akouete, CC BY-SA 4.0

Anthocleista djalonensis is a small savanna tree from tropical West and Central Africa, in the gentian family. It is grown mainly in its native range rather than as a common garden or houseplant, so care details are sparse.

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil; tolerates a range of savanna soils.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to S. Chad
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Anthocleista djalonensis is a species of plant in the Gentianaceae family. It is a small tree that is found from West Tropical Africa to South Chad.

Where it grows

Anthocleista djalonensis has been recorded from Togo, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Nigeria, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Benin.

Other Anthocleista plants

Anthocleista amplexicaulis · Forest Fever Tree · Anthocleista inermis · Anthocleista laxiflora · Lesser Forest Fevertree · Anthocleista madagascariensis · Anthocleista microphylla · Anthocleista nobilis · Anthocleista procera · Anthocleista scandens · Cabbage Tree · Anthocleista

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthocleista djalonensis 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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