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Baloghia deplanchei

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

Baloghia deplanchei is a shrub from the Euphorbiaceae family, endemic to south-east New Caledonia, growing in humid forest and shrubland on ultramafic soils. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is based on general knowledge of wet tropical shrubs.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich mix; tolerates mineral-rich soils.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Baloghia deplanchei is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a shrub endemic to New Caledonia. The species was described in 1873, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.

Where it grows

Baloghia deplanchei is endemic to the wet tropical biome of south-east New Caledonia, with one observation in Kouaoua. Its estimated extent of occurrence is 2,077 square kilometres (802 sq mi). The species grows in shrublands and dense humid forests, on ultramafic substrates, at elevations of 10–500 metres (33–1,640 ft).

Other Baloghia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baloghia deplanchei 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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