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Cassipourea obovata

Cassipourea obovata is a tree from northeastern Mozambique in the Rhizophoraceae family, a species rarely grown outside its native range. It is a seasonally dry tropical tree, so grow it in warm conditions with a distinct dry period.

Family
Rhizophoraceae (Rhizophor family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and allow the top soil to dry slightly between waterings; reduce water in the dry season.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile soil or a loam-based mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Mozambique
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Cassipourea obovata is a species of plant in the Rhizophoraceae family. It is endemic to Mozambique.

Other Cassipourea plants

Cassipourea brittoniana · Cassipourea congoensis · Cassipourea dinklagei · Cassipourea eketensis · Cassipourea fanshawei · Small Leaved Bastard Onionwood · Cassipourea hiotou · Cassipourea lanceolata · African Onionwood · Cassipourea subcordata · Cassipourea subsessilis · Cassipourea swaziensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cassipourea obovata 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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