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Brunellia subsessilis

Brunellia subsessilis is a tree from the wet tropical forests of Colombia, in the Brunelliaceae family. It is a forest species, not a garden or houseplant, and is rarely cultivated.

Family
Brunelliaceae (Brunelli family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep consistently moist in its native wet forest habitat; no cultivation guidance is documented.
Soil
Moist, well-drained forest soil; no specific guidance documented.
Temperature
Wet tropical climate, roughly 18–30 °C; protect from frost.
Native range
Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Brunellia subsessilis is a species of flowering plant in the Brunelliaceae family. It is endemic to Colombia.

Other Brunellia plants

Brunellia acostae · Brunellia acutangula · Brunellia almaguerensis · Brunellia antioquensis · Brunellia boqueronensis · Brunellia cayambensis · West Indian Sumac · Brunellia darienensis · Brunellia ecuadoriensis · Brunellia elliptica · Brunellia farallonensis · Brunellia macrophylla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brunellia subsessilis 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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