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Korthalsia echinometra

Korthalsia echinometra
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Korthalsia echinometra is a spiny climbing rattan palm native to wet tropical forests of Borneo, Malaysia and Sumatra. It is a forest liana rarely grown in gardens, so care is largely inferred from related rattans.

Family
Arecaceae (Palm family)
Grows as
Climber, Palm
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and do not let it dry out completely.
Soil
Rich, well-draining, humus-heavy mix.
Temperature
22–30 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Korthalsia echinometra is a species of climbing plant in the palm family Arecaceae. It is native to Borneo, Malaysia and Sumatra.

Other Korthalsia plants

Korthalsia bejaudii · Korthalsia laciniosa · Korthalsia minor · Korthalsia rogersii · Korthalsia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Korthalsia echinometra 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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