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Glyptopetalum zeylanicum

Glyptopetalum zeylanicum is a small understory tree from the Celastraceae family, native to peninsular India and Sri Lanka, reaching about 5 metres tall. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited and mostly based on its tropical, seasonally dry habitat.

Family
Celastraceae (Celastr family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings, easing off in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loamy mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. India, Sri Lanka, Pen. Malaysia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Glyptopetalum zeylanicum is a tree species in the family Celastraceae native to Peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The specific epithet zeylanicum refers to the species being native to the island of Sri Lanka.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glyptopetalum zeylanicum 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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