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Goniothalamus thwaitesii

Goniothalamus thwaitesii
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0

Goniothalamus thwaitesii is a small tree in the custard apple family, native to the wet forests of the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. It is a rainforest understorey species rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist but never waterlogged, as in its wet tropical native habitat.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-rich forest-type soil.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. India, Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Goniothalamus thwaitesii is a species of small tree in the Annonaceae family. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka.

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 thwaitesii 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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