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Fagraea berteroana
Fagraea berteroana, the pua kenikeni or perfume flower tree, is a small spreading tree or large shrub from the tropical Pacific, prized for its intensely fragrant creamy flowers. It thrives in warm, humid conditions with good drainage and is commonly grown in tropical gardens rather than as a species of wide houseplant use.
Fagraea berteroana (orth. variant F. berteriana), commonly known as the pua keni keni, pua kenikeni or perfume flower tree, is a small spreading tree or a large shrub.
It is known as the pua-lulu in the Samoan Islands, and as pua in Tonga, Niue and Tahiti.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fagraea berteroana 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.
