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Craigia yunnanensis

Craigia yunnanensis is a tree in the mallow family (Malvaceae) native to subtropical and tropical forests of southwest China, southeastern Tibet and northern Vietnam. It is rarely grown outside its native range and is considered threatened in the wild by habitat loss.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in winter.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral forest soil enriched with leaf mould.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Tibet to China (W. & SE. Yunnan, W. Guangxi, S. Guizhou) and N. Indo-China
Climate
wet tropical

About

Craigia yunnanensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a tree native to south-central China (western and southeastern Yunnan, western Guangxi, and southern Guizhou), southeastern Tibet, and northern Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Craigia yunnanensis 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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