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Leea

Leea
Photo: coenobita, CC BY 4.0

Leea is a genus of tropical shrubs and small trees in the grape family, native across Africa, Asia and Australia. Grown as a houseplant it is valued for its large compound leaves, and it needs warm, humid, bright conditions.

Family
Vitaceae (Grape family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly before watering again.
Soil
Well-draining, peat-based potting mix with some perlite or bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Leea is a genus of plants in the family Vitaceae, subfamily Leeoideae, that are native to parts of central Africa, tropical Asia, Australia and Melanesia.

Where it grows

It is native to areas from Africa, through south and eastern Asia to Australia and the western Pacific. The World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions lists the countries/regions as follows:

Other Leea plants

Bandicoot Berry · Red leea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leea 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.

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