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Christensenia aesculifolia

Christensenia aesculifolia is a tropical fern from Southeast Asia, named for leaves that resemble horse chestnut foliage. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with moist, well-drained soil.

Family
Marattiaceae (Maratti family)
Grows as
Fern
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but not waterlogged, and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Rich, humus-heavy, well-draining mix such as peat-based or fern compost with leaf mould.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Christensenia aesculifolia is a species of tropical fern found throughout southeast Asia. Its leaves resemble horse chestnuts.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Christensenia aesculifolia 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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