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Ardisia dukei

Ardisia dukei is a tree from wet tropical Panama, little studied and rarely grown outside its native range. It is best kept in warm, humid, shaded conditions like its forest habitat.

Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but never waterlogged, and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Fast-draining, organic-rich potting mix or humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Panama
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ardisia dukei is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is endemic to Panama.

Other Ardisia plants

Ardisia alstonii · Ardisia amplexicaulis · Ardisia blatteri · Rambling spearflower · Ardisia brittonii · Ardisia byrsonimae · Ardisia chiriquiana · Ardisia costaricensis · Hen's eyes · Japanese Holly · Ardisia darienensis · Shoebutton

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ardisia dukei 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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