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Bolo bolo

Clappertonia ficifolia

In Singapore: Bolo-bolo (Cultivated in Singapore)

Bolo bolo
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0

Bolo bolo (Clappertonia ficifolia) is a shrub in the mallow family, native to wet tropical West Africa through to Uganda and northern Angola. It is a tropical species that needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil consistently moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, fertile, well-draining loam or peat-based mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and N. Angola
Climate
wet tropical

About

Clappertonia ficifolia is a species of flowering plant belonging in the family Malvaceae.

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clappertonia ficifolia 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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