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Meliosma littlei is a tree in the Sabiaceae family, growing up to 20 metres tall in evergreen tropical moist forest. It is endemic to western Ecuador and listed as Critically Endangered, so it is rarely grown outside its native range.
Meliosma littlei is a species of flowering plant in the Sabiaceae family. It is a tree which grows up to 20 metres tall. It is endemic to western Ecuador, where it grows in evergreen tropical moist forests from 800 to 1,000 metres elevation.
The species was described by José Cuatrecasas in 1959. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Critically Endangered.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Meliosma littlei 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.
