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Chionanthus pubescens

Chionanthus pubescens
Photo: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0

Chionanthus pubescens is a small deciduous tree from the Olive family, native to the wet tropical forests of southern Ecuador and northern Peru, occasionally grown as an ornamental. Its care is little documented, so treat it as a warm-climate tree that needs consistent moisture and bright light.

Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral loam or leaf-rich mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Ecuador to N. Peru
Climate
wet tropical

About

Chionanthus pubescens is a tree in the family Oleaceae. It grows as a deciduous species and is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental tree.

Where it grows

Chionanthus pubescens is native to Ecuador and Peru. Its habitat is semi-deciduous forest, often occurring on hillsides.

Other Chionanthus plants

Chinese Fringetree · White fringetree · Fringetree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chionanthus pubescens 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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