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Baloghia anisomera

Baloghia anisomera
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Baloghia anisomera is a tree endemic to New Caledonia, known from only three locations and listed as Endangered, so it is rarely cultivated. Its wild habitat is low forest on ultramafic (nickel-rich) soils, so it is best treated as a tropical tree needing warm, humid, well-drained conditions.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral mix; tolerates ultramafic-type soils in its native range.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
C. & SE. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Baloghia anisomera is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a tree endemic to New Caledonia. The species was described in 1922, and is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.

Where it grows

Baloghia anisomera is native to the wet tropical biome of central and south-east New Caledonia. It is endemic to New Caledonia, and has an estimated extent of occurrence of 732 square kilometres (283 sq mi). The species is known from three locations.

Other Baloghia plants

Baloghia alternifolia · Baloghia balansae · Baloghia brongniartii · Baloghia buchholzii · Baloghia bureavii · Baloghia deplanchei · Baloghia drimiflora · Scrub bloodwood · Jointed Baloghia · Baloghia montana · Baloghia neocaledonica · Baloghia parviflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baloghia anisomera 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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