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Macaranga bicolor

Macaranga bicolor
Photo: Greg III Espera, CC BY 4.0

Macaranga bicolor is a tree in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) endemic to the Philippines, grown mainly in its native wet tropical forests rather than as a garden or houseplant.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during establishment; it is adapted to wet tropical rainfall.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type soil.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Philippines
Climate
wet tropical

About

Macaranga bicolor is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Other Macaranga plants

Macaranga attenuata · Macaranga bancana · Macaranga beillei · Macaranga capensis · Macaranga carolinensis · Macaranga caudatifolia · Macaranga congestiflora · Macaranga conglomerata · Macaranga denticulata · Giant Mahang · Coraltree · Macaranga huahineensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Macaranga bicolor 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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