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Homalium betulifolium

Homalium betulifolium is a shrub from New Caledonia in the willow family, known mainly from its native habitat and rarely grown in cultivation. Care should follow general guidance for seasonally dry tropical shrubs, with good light and well-drained soil.

Family
Salicaceae (Willow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately when the top of the soil dries out, and reduce watering during the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a loam-based mix.
Temperature
18 to 30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. New Caledonia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Homalium betulifolium is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.

Other Homalium plants

Rarotonga Homalium · Homalium brevidens · Homalium buxifolium · Homalium ceylanicum · Homalium dalzielii · Homalium dasyanthum · Homalium foetidum · Homalium gracilipes · Homalium grandiflorum · Homalium henriquesii · Homalium hypolasium · Homalium jainii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Homalium betulifolium 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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