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Three Leaf Caper

Crateva magna

Three Leaf Caper
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0

Crateva magna is a small tree from tropical and subtropical Asia, found wild or cultivated, often near streams. It is a tropical tree that needs warmth, moisture and full sun to thrive.

Family
Capparaceae (Cappar family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil; tolerates loam or sandy loam.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Crateva magna is a species of flowering plant in the family Capparaceae.

It is a small wild or cultivated tree native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. It is often found along streams, and also in dry, deep boulder formations in Sub-Himalayan tracts.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crateva magna 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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