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Medicosma obovata is a rare shrub or small tree from the citrus family, known only from a small area of far north Queensland rainforest and cloud forest. It is seldom grown in cultivation, so care guidance is mostly general and cool, humid, shaded conditions suit it.
Medicosma obovata is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of far north Queensland. It has simple egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and white flowers borne singly or in small groups in leaf axils.
This medicosma grows in rainforest and cloud forest at an altitude of 820 m (2,690 ft) and is only known from the type location and nearby foothills.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Medicosma obovata 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.
