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Chrysophyllum wilsonii

Chrysophyllum wilsonii is a large rainforest tree from the Amazon near Manaus, Brazil, growing up to about 40 m tall. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care details are mostly for tropical conditions.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging, as in its well-drained forest habitat.
Soil
Fertile, well-drained, slightly acidic forest-type potting mix or soil.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Brazil (Amazonas: near Manaus)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Chrysophyllum wilsonii is a tree in the family Sapotaceae, native to Brazil.

Where it grows

Chrysophyllum wilsonii is endemic to Brazil, where it is confined to the forest reserves of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project near Manaus, in Amazonas state. Its habitat is in terra firme forest (not subject to river flooding), at altitudes of 50–125 m (200–400 ft).

Other Chrysophyllum plants

Goldenleaf · Goldenleaf · Chrysophyllum amazonicum · Bastard redwood · Chrysophyllum aulacocarpum · Star apple · Chrysophyllum colombianum · Chrysophyllum durifructum · Chrysophyllum eximium · Chrysophyllum flexuosum · Chrysophyllum gonocarpum · Chrysophyllum inornatum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysophyllum wilsonii 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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