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Mammea papyracea is a small rainforest tree from lowland Papua New Guinea, known only from Kui in Morobe Province, growing up to about 9 m tall. It is a wild species with little horticultural history, so cultivation advice is limited.
Mammea papyracea is a species of flowering plant in the Calophyllaceae family. It is known only from Kui in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea in eastern New Guinea. It is a small tree which grows up to 9 metres tall. It grows in lowland rain forest from 200 to 400 metres elevation.
The species was described by Peter F. Stevens in 1993.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mammea papyracea 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.
