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Goniothalamus ridleyi

Goniothalamus ridleyi
Photo: The image is from a work by George King entitled "Anonaceae of British India" and the image is attributed to being drawn, Public domain

Goniothalamus ridleyi is a tree of the custard apple family (Annonaceae) native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Thailand, growing in swamp, lowland and montane forest. It is a wild forest species rather than a common garden plant, and the key to growing it is a warm, humid, moist site.

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, as it naturally grows in swampy and streamside forest.
Soil
Rich, moist, well-draining humus-rich mix.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions year-round; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Goniothalamus ridleyi is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Thailand. George King, who first formally described the species, named it after the English botanist Henry Nicholas Ridley who collected the specimen King examined.

Where it grows

It has been observed growing in swamp forests, lowland forests and montane forests, on hillside or by streams, at elevations of 50 to 1000 meters.

Other Goniothalamus plants

Goniothalamus acehensis · Goniothalamus amuyon · Goniothalamus aurantiacus · China pine · Goniothalamus calvicarpus · Goniothalamus calycinus · Goniothalamus chartaceus · Goniothalamus cheliensis · Goniothalamus chinensis · Goniothalamus curtisii · Goniothalamus dewildei · Goniothalamus elegans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goniothalamus ridleyi 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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