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Kuloa usambarensis is a large evergreen forest tree from the montane cloud forests of East Africa, valued for timber and grown mainly in its native range. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care advice here is general guidance for a tree-sized species of this kind.
Kuloa usambarensis (synonym Ocotea usambarensis) is a species of tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to eastern Africa in Kenya, Tanga Region of Tanzania, and locally in Uganda, where it occurs at 1600–2600 m elevation in high rainfall Afromontane cloud forest. Common names include East African camphorwood, mkulo (Tanzania), mwiha (Uganda), muwong, muthaiti, and maasi.
It is an important timber tree, valued for the resistance of its wood to fungal decay.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kuloa usambarensis 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.
