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Diospyros oppositifolia

Diospyros oppositifolia is a tree in the ebony family (Ebenaceae) found only in southwestern Sri Lanka, including forest reserves such as Sinharaja. It is a wild forest species rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Ebenaceae (Eben family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile forest-type soil or a rich loam-based mix.
Temperature
20-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Sri Lanka (Galle Distr.)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Diospyros oppositifolia is a species of tree in the ebony family, Ebenaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Where it grows

The tree is limited to southwestern Sri Lanka. It has been noted in local forest reserves, such as Sinharaja Biosphere Reserve.

Other Diospyros plants

Giant Diospyros · Diospyros acapulcensis · Diospyros acris · Diospyros aculeata · Diospyros acuminata · Diospyros agnitser · Diospyros alatella · Diospyros andamanica · Diospyros apiculata · Diospyros areolata · Diospyros artanthifolia · Diospyros arupaj

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diospyros oppositifolia 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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