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White Kamala

Mallotus discolor

White Kamala
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0

White kamala is an Australian rainforest tree of the spurge family, usually 12 m tall, grown mainly for its shade and ornament in subtropical gardens. It needs warm, humid conditions and shelter from frost.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while young and water freely in dry spells once established.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, fertile soil rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Mallotus discolor is an Australian rainforest tree in the spurge family. It is known as the yellow kamala, due to the yellowish orange fruit covering, which produces a yellow dye.

Other Mallotus plants

Green Kamala · False White Teak · Turn In The Wind · Kamala tree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mallotus discolor 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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