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Aulacocalyx divergens is a shrub or small tree from the understory of West African rainforest, with white flowers and black fruit. It is a wild forest species with no established horticultural tradition, so it is rarely grown and is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Aulacocalyx divergens is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree with white flowers.
The species is native to the forests of west Africa. It was described in 1931, and is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
Aulacocalyx divergens is native to the wet tropical biomes of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The species may be present in the Ivory Coast, and there is one record from Ghana. Its extent of occurrence is 84,415–170,000 square kilometres (32,593–65,637 sq mi).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aulacocalyx divergens 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.
