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Arboa madagascariensis

Arboa madagascariensis
Photo: Paigehenning, CC BY-SA 4.0

Arboa madagascariensis is a woody shrub or small tree from northern and northwestern Madagascar, with yellow flowers. It is a rarely grown species, so care guidance is drawn mostly from general knowledge of seasonally dry tropical woody plants.

Family
Turneraceae (Turner family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when the top of the soil is dry, and let it dry out between waterings, since it is adapted to a seasonally dry climate.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy mix; avoid waterlogged soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. & NW. Madagascar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Arboa madagascariensis is a woody plant with yellow flowers native to Madagascar.

It was previously classified as Erblichia madagascariensis, Turnera madagascariensis, Turnera hildebrandtii, and Piriqueta madagascariensis, however, recent phylogenetic analysis supports its classification as Arboa.

Other Arboa plants

Arboa antsingyae · Arboa berneriana · Arboa integrifolia · Arboa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arboa madagascariensis 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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