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Aulacocalyx pallens

Aulacocalyx pallens
Photo: Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, AA, CC BY 4.0

Aulacocalyx pallens is a forest tree from west-central Africa, growing up to about 18 m, with white flowers and black fruits. It is a wild forest species rather than a garden plant, and it is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
WC. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aulacocalyx pallens is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree with elliptical to obovate leaves, white flowers, and black fruits. The species is native to west-central Africa.

Aulacocalyx pallens was described in 1877, and is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

Where it grows

Aulacocalyx pallens is native to the wet tropical biome of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and São Tomé. Its extent of occurrence is estimated as 1,047,370 square kilometres (404,390 sq mi).

Other Aulacocalyx plants

Aulacocalyx camerooniana · Aulacocalyx caudata · Aulacocalyx divergens · Aulacocalyx jasminiflora · Aulacocalyx lamprophylla · Aulacocalyx laxiflora · Aulacocalyx lujae · Aulacocalyx mapiana · Aulacocalyx subulata · Aulacocalyx talbotii · Aulacocalyx

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aulacocalyx pallens 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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