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Northern rose walnut

Endiandra cowleyana

Northern rose walnut
Photo: Herbrecs, CC BY 4.0

Endiandra cowleyana is a large rainforest tree of northern Queensland, Australia, reaching about 30 m, grown mainly in wet tropical forest settings. It is seldom cultivated, so its care is best approached by mimicking mature tropical rainforest conditions.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially in the growing season, and do not let it dry out completely.
Soil
Deep, fertile, well-drained loam rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. to E. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Endiandra cowleyana, commonly known as northern rose walnut, is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae native to Queensland, Australia. It is a rainforest tree, first described in 1892. It has a conservation status of least concern.

Where it grows

It occurs mainly within coastal and sub-coastal areas of Queensland from about Cooktown to Townsville. There are also outlying populations to the north near Coen and to the south near Proserpine and Mackay. It grows in mature rainforest at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

Other Endiandra plants

Endiandra acuminata · Endiandra anthropophagorum · Endiandra bellendenkerana · Endiandra bessaphila · Endiandra collinsii · Greenheart · Endiandra cooperana · Coach Walnut · Endiandra dielsiana · Domatia Tree · Endiandra floydii · Brown Walnut

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Endiandra cowleyana 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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