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Guioa waigeoensis

Guioa waigeoensis is a shrub or tree of the soapberry and maple family, native to the wet tropical forests of Waigeo and northwest New Guinea. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care is mainly a matter of mimicking humid tropical forest conditions.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but never waterlogged, and water more in the growing season.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich soil or a peat-based mix with added perlite.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NW. New Guinea (Kep. Waigeo)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Guioa waigeoensis is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is endemic to West Papua (Indonesia).

Other Guioa plants

Guioa acuminata · Glossy Tamarind · Guioa asquamosa · Guioa bicolor · Guioa comesperma · Guioa coriacea · Guioa discolor · Guioa grandifoliola · Guioa hospita · Silky tamarind · Guioa malukuensis · Guioa melanopoda

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guioa waigeoensis 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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