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Endiandra bessaphila

Endiandra bessaphila
Photo: T.Nolan, CC BY 3.0

Endiandra bessaphila, the gully walnut or blush walnut, is a large rainforest tree from northeast Queensland, growing up to about 35 m tall and often found in gullies. It is a forest tree rather than a common garden or houseplant, so it is best grown in warm, humid, sheltered conditions with consistent moisture.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in the young stage, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, humus-rich soil or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Endiandra bessaphila, commonly known as gully walnut or blush walnut, is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to northeast Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1989. It has a conservation status of least concern.

Where it grows

This species is widespread in rainforest from the area around Rossville to Mount Elliot near Townsville. It grows on a variety of soils, frequently in gullies, at altitudes from 150 m (490 ft) to 1,100 m (3,600 ft).

Other Endiandra plants

Endiandra acuminata · Endiandra anthropophagorum · Endiandra bellendenkerana · Endiandra collinsii · Greenheart · Endiandra cooperana · Northern rose walnut · Coach Walnut · Endiandra dielsiana · Domatia Tree · Endiandra floydii · Brown Walnut

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Endiandra bessaphila 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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