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Leptactina papalis is a little-known tropical shrub or small tree in the coffee family, native to Gabon and the Republic of the Congo. It is a wild forest species with no established cultivation, so care advice is limited.
Leptactina papalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree is native to Republic of the Congo and Gabon.
It was first described as Coleactina papalis in 1970, and placed in the monotypic genus Coleactina. It was reclassified into genus Leptactina in 2015.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptactina papalis 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.
