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Baloghia neocaledonica

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

Baloghia neocaledonica is a shrub in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), endemic to south-east New Caledonia and listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN. It grows in shrublands and gallery forests on ultramafic (serpentine) soils, so it is rarely grown in gardens and little cultivation information exists.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral mix; tolerant of poor, mineral soils in its native habitat.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Baloghia neocaledonica is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is a shrub endemic to New Caledonia. The species was described in 1921, and is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

Where it grows

Baloghia neocaledonica is native to the wet tropical biome of south-east New Caledonia. It is endemic to New Caledonia, and has a discontinous distribution. It is present in Yaté, and on the south-east coast of Grande Terre. The extimated extent of occurrence is 1,186 square kilometres (458 sq mi).

Other Baloghia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baloghia neocaledonica 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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