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Mastixia arborea

Mastixia arborea
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0

Mastixia arborea is a tree from the Nyssaceae family native to southwestern India and Sri Lanka, grown mainly as a forest tree rather than a garden plant. Little is documented about cultivation, so it is best treated as a specialist subject.

Family
Nyssaceae (Nyss family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during dry spells while establishing, then let the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. India, Sri Lanka
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Mastixia arborea is a species of plant in the Nyssaceae family. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.

Other Mastixia plants

Mastixia cuspidata · Mastixia eugenioides · Mastixia glauca · Mastixia macrocarpa · Mastixia macrophylla · Mastixia nimalii · Mastixia pentandra subsp. scortechinii · Mastixia rostrata subsp. caudatifolia · Mastixia tetrandra · Mastixia trichotoma · Mastixia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mastixia arborea 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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