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Homalium taypau
Taypau is a tree endemic to Pitcairn Island and is critically endangered, surviving only in one small area of the island's southern volcanic interior. Care guidance is mainly relevant to conservation or botanic collections, as it is not in general cultivation.
Homalium taypau, or simply Taypau, is a species of plant in the family Salicaceae. It is endemic to Pitcairn Island, and is as of 2026 critically endangered, being restricted to a single location on the island.
Homalium taypau is endemic to Pitcairn Island, and is not known to have been transplanted anywhere else. It is restricted to the hillsides and valleys of the volcanic interior of the island.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Homalium taypau 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.
