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Englerophytum paludosum

Englerophytum paludosum is an evergreen tree in the Sapotaceae family, native to swampy forests of West and Central Africa. It is a forest species rarely grown in cultivation, so care guidance is limited and mostly reflects its natural wet-tropical habitat.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, as it naturally grows in swamp forest.
Soil
Wet, humus-rich, well-drained-but-moist forest soil.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 20-32 °C; protect from frost.
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Cameroon to Congo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Englerophytum paludosum is an evergreen tree species in the family Sapotaceae. The species was first described in 2016, wherein its 50-cm trunk bears an edible fruit. Having a native range from southern Nigeria, to the Democratic Republic of Congo, this species was named after the swamp-forest habitat it was discovered.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Englerophytum paludosum 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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