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Dorstenia kameruniana

Dorstenia kameruniana is a shrub or small tree in the fig and mulberry family, native to humid forests and forest edges across West and Central Africa. It is grown mainly as a shaded understorey shrub in warm, humid conditions.

Family
Moraceae (Fig & mulberry family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Angola
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Dorstenia kameruniana is a herbaceous plant species within the family Moraceae.

Where it grows

Found in parts of West Africa in Guinea eastwards to Ivory Coast and then in Central and Eastern Africa from Cameroun to Tanzania. Occurs as an understorey in humid and gallery forests or at the edges of savannahs.

Other Dorstenia plants

Dorstenia albertii · Dorstenia appendiculata · Dorstenia arifolia · Dorstenia aristeguietae · Dorstenia bahiensis · Dorstenia barnimiana · Dorstenia barteri · Dorstenia belizensis · Dorstenia bonijesu · Dorstenia bowmanniana · Dorstenia brasiliensis · Dorstenia brevipetiolata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dorstenia kameruniana 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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