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Meiogyne pannosa

Meiogyne pannosa
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0

Meiogyne pannosa is a small tree (up to about 8 m) in the custard apple family, endemic to the Western Ghats of India. It is a wild forest species and is not commonly grown as an ornamental or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and reduce watering in the dry season, as it grows in a wet tropical climate.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. & S. India
Climate
wet tropical

About

Meiogyne pannosa is a small tree in the family Annonaceae endemic to the Western Ghats.

Uses

The leaves are dried along with those of Trichopus zeylanicus, Begonia malabarica, and the rhizome of Curculigo orchioides, then pounded into a powder. This powder is taken orally with honey to strengthen the body. The leaves, bark, and seeds are used to treat allergies, menorrhea, and cough.

Other Meiogyne plants

Fingersop · Meiogyne hainanensis · Meiogyne hirsuta · Fissistigma · Meiogyne trichocarpa · Meiogyne verrucosa · Meiogyne virgata · Meiogyne

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Meiogyne pannosa 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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