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Clethra longispicata

Family
Clethraceae (Clethr family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Borneo to C. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Clethra longispicata is a tree in the family Clethraceae. The specific epithet longispicata is from the Latin meaning 'long spike', referring to the inflorescence.

Where it grows

Clethra longispicata grows naturally in Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi. Its habitat is hill and submontane forests from 500 metres (1,600 ft) to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) altitude.

Other Clethra plants

Mountain sweetpepperbush · Coastal sweetpepperbush · Lily Of The Valley Tree · Japanese Clethra · Clethra canescens var. clementis · Clethra pachyphylla · Clethra scabra · Sweetpepperbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clethra longispicata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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