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Caloncoba lophocarpa is a forest tree from the Achari family, native to Cameroon including Mt. Cameroon. It is not a commonly grown plant, so care information is limited to general tropical forest tree needs.
Caloncoba lophocarpa, synonym Oncoba lophocarpa, is a species of plant in the Achariaceae family. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by forest clearance for wood and agriculture.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caloncoba lophocarpa 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.
