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Basselinia vestita is a palm (family Arecaceae) endemic to New Caledonia, growing in humid forest on serpentine soils at 800 to 950 m. It is a rare wild species, not a common garden or houseplant, so its care is best matched to a wet tropical, shaded understorey setting.
Basselinia vestita is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae.
It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is found in dense, humid, low forests on serpentine soil at elevations between 800 and 950 meters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Basselinia vestita 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.
