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Glycosmis tomentella

Glycosmis tomentella is a little-studied shrub in the citrus family, native to the wet tropical forests of Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. It is not in cultivation as a garden plant, and its threatened status makes wild collection undesirable.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never waterlogged, as in its humid forest habitat.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type mix.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 15 °C.
Native range
Pen. Malaysia to Sumatera
Climate
wet tropical

About

Glycosmis tomentella is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a shrub endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Glycosmis plants

Glycosmis chlorosperma · Glycosmis cochinchinensis · Glycosmis crassifolia · Glycosmis cyanocarpa · Glycosmis decipiens · Glycosmis lanceolata · Glycosmis longisepala · Glycosmis macrantha · Glycosmis monticola · Flower axistree · Glycosmis pentaphylla · Glycosmis perakensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glycosmis tomentella 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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