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Cynometra vitiensis is a large native tree of Fiji, reaching 15 to 23 metres, found in moist and dry forest and on rocky coasts. It is a wild forest tree rather than a commonly grown garden or houseplant.
Cynometra vitiensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a large tree which grows from 15 to 23 metres tall. It is endemic to Fiji, where it is native to the islands of Viti Levu, Ovalau, Kadavu, Lakeba, and Vanua Balavu. It grows in dense or open moist forest and dry forest and rocky coasts from sea level to 600 metres elevation.
The species was first described as Maniltoa floribunda by Albert Charles Smith in 1950. In 1950 Aleksandar Radosavljevic placed the species in genus Cynometra as C. vitiensis.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cynometra vitiensis 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.
