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Dactyladenia dinklagei

Dactyladenia dinklagei is a tree from wet evergreen forests of West Africa (Ivory Coast, Ghana and Liberia), with little cultivation history. Growing it means reproducing humid, shaded tropical forest conditions.

Family
Chrysobalanaceae (Chrysobalan family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never waterlogged; water more in the growing season.
Soil
Acidic, humus-rich, well-draining mix such as peat-based potting soil with added bark or leaf mould.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dactyladenia dinklagei is a species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is endemic to Ivory Coast, Ghana and Liberia. Its natural habitats are wet evergreen forests. It is threatened by habitat loss due to mining activities, logging and commercial planting.

Other Dactyladenia plants

Dactyladenia cinerea · Dactyladenia dichotoma · Dactyladenia eketensis · Dactyladenia hirsuta · Dactyladenia johnstonei · Dactyladenia laevis · Dactyladenia mannii · Dactyladenia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dactyladenia dinklagei 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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