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Helicia grandifolia

Helicia grandifolia is a tree in the Protea family, native to northern Vietnam. It is a forest species with little horticultural history, so cultivation details are based on general knowledge of Helicia.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while young and keep the root zone evenly moist, letting the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Vietnam
Climate
subtropical

About

Helicia grandifolia is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to Vietnam.

Other Helicia plants

Helicia acutifolia · Helicia albiflora · Helicia amplifolia · Helicia attenuata · Austral oak · Blake's Silky Oak · Helicia calocoma · Helicia excelsa · Hairy Honeysuckle · Helicia fuscotomentosa · Brown Oak · Gray's Silky Oak

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Helicia grandifolia 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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