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Brenandendron frondosum

Brenandendron frondosum is a tropical African shrub or small tree in the daisy family, native to Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Cameroon, growing up to about 6 m tall with very large leaves. It is a wet tropical forest species and is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, as it comes from wet tropical climates.
Soil
Rich, humus-heavy, well-draining moist soil.
Temperature
20–31 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Guinea to Ivory Coast, Nigeria to Cameroon
Climate
wet tropical

About

Brenandendron frondosum (syn. Vernonia frondosa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to tropical Africa in Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Cameroon.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brenandendron frondosum 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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