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Leptolaena pauciflora is a shrub or small tree from Madagascar in the Sarcolaenaceae family, a family of mostly rare, forest-dwelling species. It is rarely grown outside its native range, and cultivation information is scarce.
Leptolaena pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the Sarcolaenaceae family. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and sandy shores.
It is threatened by habitat loss. The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptolaena pauciflora 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.
