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Chinalaurel

Antidesma

Chinalaurel
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0

Antidesma is a genus of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs in the Phyllanthaceae family, native to Africa, Asia, Australia and Pacific islands, with the greatest diversity in Southeast Asia. Members range from small shrubs to trees near 30 m tall and are grown mainly for their fruit and foliage.

Family
Phyllanthaceae (Phyllanth family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young and keep the root zone moist but not waterlogged.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic loam or potting mix.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Antidesma is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753.

It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in Southeast Asia.

Other Antidesma plants

Antidesma acidum · Bignay

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Antidesma 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.

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