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Brush Canthium

Cyclophyllum longipetalum

Also called Coast Canthium

Brush Canthium
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0

Brush canthium is a shrub or occasional tree from eastern Australian rainforest edges, reaching up to about 25 m in the wild. It is grown in gardens as a shade-tolerant understorey plant, and its care is largely based on general knowledge of rainforest shrubs.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then keep soil evenly moist without waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, humus-rich soil or a peat-based potting mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Cyclophyllum longipetalum, known as the coast canthium is a shrub or tree occurring in eastern Australia. Commonly seen growing in a variety of different rainforest situations. It occurs from Lake Conjola in southern New South Wales to Fraser Island in southeastern Queensland.

Other Cyclophyllum plants

Cyclophyllum · Coast Canthium · Cyclophyllum multiflorum · Cyclophyllum · Rhopalobrachium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyclophyllum longipetalum 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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