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Carpotroche caceresiae

Carpotroche caceresiae is a shrub or small tree from the Achari family, known from wet, undisturbed forest on the Caribbean coast of Honduras and Nicaragua up to about 600 m. It is a wild forest species rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice is limited.

Family
Achariaceae (Achari family)
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, as it grows in very wet forest.
Soil
Rich, well-drained forest-type humus mix.
Temperature
Warm wet tropical conditions; protect below 10 °C.
Native range
Nicaragua
Climate
wet tropical

About

Carpotroche caceresiae is a species of plant in the genus Carpotroche. C. caceresiae has been collected from very wet undisturbed forest on the Caribbean coast of Honduras and Nicaragua, at elevations of up to 600 m (2,000 ft) although it may exist in other areas of Honduras as well as Guatemala.

C. caceresiae is named in memory of Berta Isabel Cáceres, one of 123 environmental activists assassinated between 2009 and 2016 in retaliation for their opposition to environmental destruction and loss of indigenous land in Honduras.

Where it grows

C. caceresiae grows in very wet, undisturbed forests on the Caribbean coast of Honduras and Nicaragua from elevations of up to 600 m (2,000 ft).

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carpotroche caceresiae 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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