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Chionanthus quadristamineus

Chionanthus quadristamineus, the blue plum, is an evergreen tree from Lord Howe Island, grown mainly as a garden or shade tree in mild frost-free climates. It is a forest species, so it does best in moist, well-drained soil with some shelter.

Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then keep soil moist but not waterlogged.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or humus-rich soil.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Lord Howe I.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Chionanthus quadristamineus, commonly known as the blue plum, is a flowering plant in the olive family. The specific epithet refers to the four stamens in the flowers.

Where it grows

Chionanthus quadristamineus is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It is common in forest from sea-level to elevations of about 400 m in the southern mountains of the island.

Other Chionanthus plants

Chionanthus albidiflorus · Chionanthus balgooyana · Chionanthus callophylloides · Chionanthus callophyllus · Chionanthus cordulatus · Chionanthus crassifolius · Chionanthus crispus · Chionanthus curvicarpus · Chionanthus evenius · Chionanthus globosus · Chionanthus havilandii · Chionanthus henryae

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chionanthus quadristamineus 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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