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Hortonia angustifolia

Hortonia angustifolia
Photo: Alston, A. H. G.; Hooker, Joseph Dalton; Trimen, Henry, Public domain

Hortonia angustifolia is a small to medium tree from the Monimiaceae family, endemic to Sri Lanka's wet tropical forests. It is a wild forest species rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Monimiaceae (Monimi family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-drained humus-based soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Hortonia angustifolia is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Other Hortonia plants

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hortonia angustifolia 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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