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Brochoneura acuminata is an evergreen tree or large shrub in the nutmeg family, endemic to eastern Madagascar's rainforests, where it grows from sea level to about 600 m. It is a wild forest species rarely grown as a garden plant, and its care is not well documented.
Brochoneura acuminata is a species of tree in the nutmeg family, Myristicaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is known by the local names Hafotrarano, Menaky, and Rara. It is an evergreen tree or large shrub, growing 2.5 to 18 meters tall. It grows in the rainforests of eastern Madagascar, in lowland rain forest and littoral forest from sea level to 600 meters elevation.
Brochoneura acuminata is known from 26 subpopulations in Atsimo-Atsinanana, Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Analanjirofo, Atsinanana, and Anosy regions. Its population and range are declining, and it is threatened by habitat loss from mining, logging, and forest clearing for agriculture and shifting cultivation. Its conservation status is assessed as Least Concern.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brochoneura acuminata 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.
