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Chrysochlamys psychotriifolia

Chrysochlamys psychotriifolia is a shrub or small tree in the Clusiaceae family, native to wet tropical forests of Costa Rica and Panama. Little is documented about its cultivation, so it is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Clusiaceae (Clusi family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich soil or forest-type potting mix.
Temperature
18 to 30 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Costa Rica to Panama
Climate
wet tropical

About

Chrysochlamys psychotriifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Costa Rica and Panama.

The species was first described by Jules Émile Planchon and José Jerónimo Triana in 1860. In 1879 William Hemsley placed the species in genus Chrysochlamys as C. psychotriifolia.

Other Chrysochlamys plants

Chrysochlamys membrillensis · Chrysochlamys

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysochlamys psychotriifolia 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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