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Woolly mallotus

Mallotus mollissimus

Also called Green kamala, Kamala

Woolly mallotus
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0

Woolly mallotus is a shrub or small tree from wet tropical rainforests of Malesia and eastern Queensland, rarely grown outside its native range. It is grown mainly as a warm, humid rainforest plant or in tropical gardens.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-rich soil or a peaty potting mix.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Malesia to E. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mallotus mollissimus is a rainforest plant in the spurge family. Indigenous to Queensland, Australia, and Malesia.

Other Mallotus plants

Mallotus atrovirens · Green Kamala · Mallotus cumingii · White Kamala · Mallotus distans · Mallotus eriocarpus · Fig-leaved mallotus · Mallotus floribundus · Mallotus fuscescens · East Asian Mallotus · Mallotus korthalsii · Mallotus megadontus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mallotus mollissimus 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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