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Beilschmiedia castrisinensis

Beilschmiedia castrisinensis
Photo: Centre for National Biodiversity Research, CC BY 4.0

Beilschmiedia castrisinensis is a large rainforest tree from the Wet Tropics of north-east Queensland, Australia, belonging to the laurel family. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, and is near-threatened in the wild.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil consistently moist but never waterlogged, as in its wet tropical rainforest habitat.
Soil
Rich, moist, well-drained forest soil or humus-rich potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Beilschmiedia castrisinensis is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1989, and it has a conservation status of near-threatened.

Where it grows

This species inhabits rainforest from sea level up to about 660 m (2,170 ft) altitude, and is restricted to the region from the Daintree River north to the Bloomfield River.

Other Beilschmiedia plants

Beilschmiedia ambigua · Canary Ash · Southern Acorn Tree · Beilschmiedia bracteata · Beilschmiedia brunnea · Beilschmiedia collina · Grey Walnut · Beilschmiedia gaboonensis · Beilschmiedia giorgii · Beilschmiedia insignis · Beilschmiedia kweo · Beilschmiedia laotica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Beilschmiedia castrisinensis 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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