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Medicosma heterophylla

Medicosma heterophylla is a small rainforest tree from far north Queensland, Australia, with cream to pink flowers. It is not commonly grown, so care information is largely general and based on its cool, wet highland habitat.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest soil or a peat-based mix.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Medicosma heterophylla is a species of small tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of far north Queensland. It has simple and trifoliate, elliptical leaves and leaflets, and cream-coloured to pink or reddish flowers borne singly or in small groups in leaf axils.

Where it grows

This medicosma grows in rainforest and cloud forest at altitudes between 650 and 1,000 m (2,130 and 3,280 ft). It occurs along Roaring Meg Creek and near Karnak in far north Queensland.

Other Medicosma plants

Pinkheart · Medicosma elliptica · Medicosma fareana · Medicosma forsteri · Medicosma glandulosa · Medicosma mulgraveana · Medicosma obovata · Medicosma sessiliflora · Medicosma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Medicosma heterophylla 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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