Plant Wiki

The open plant encyclopedia

Know any plant.
Grow it well.

Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.

  • 13,000+plants with full pages
  • 365,000+plant species worldwide
  • 220+countries covered

Common in

See all

The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.

What do you want to do?

Popular plants

Browse all plants

See them in 3D

All plants in 3D

Browse plants

Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.

Plant Wiki › Browse plants

Flower axistree

Glycosmis parviflora

Flower axistree
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0

Flower axistree is a small shrub or tree in the citrus family, native to southern China, Vietnam and Japan, and widely naturalized in the tropics. It is grown mainly as a bright, warm-climate shrub or as a houseplant in temperate zones.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Well-draining, humus-rich potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
S. China to Vietnam, Japan (S. Kyushu) to Philippines
Climate
subtropical

About

Glycosmis parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, known commonly as Chinese glycosmis and Jamaican Mandarin-orange. It occurs in China, Japan, Taiwan, Myanmar and Vietnam. It is widely naturalized in the tropics including in the West Indies. In temperate zones, it can be cultivated indoors as a houseplant.

Other Glycosmis plants

Glycosmis pentaphylla · Glycosmis perakensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glycosmis parviflora 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.

Credits & terms

Identify a plant

Point at a leaf or flower and snap. One plant in frame works best.

Your photo
Starting camera…