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Calantica grandiflora is a tree or shrub of the willow family from Madagascar's east coast, found in littoral and humid forests near sea level. It is a tropical plant best grown warm and humid, and it is rarely cultivated outside its native range.
Calantica grandiflora, colloquially known as Hazou-Ambou, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae.
The plant is endemic to the east coast of Madagascar, specifically within the provinces of Antananarivo, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, and Toamasina. It grows in remnants of littoral forest or rarely subcoastal forest, usually on sand near sea level, but its upper elevation limit is 1,023 m (3,356 ft). It can also be found rarely in humid forests.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calantica grandiflora 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.
