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Micropholis casiquiarensis

Micropholis casiquiarensis is a tree in the Sapotaceae family, native to wet tropical forests of southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. It is a wild forest species with no established horticultural care, so it is not a typical garden or houseplant.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep moist in a wet tropical climate; water regularly if grown outside its native range.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, humus-rich tropical forest soil.
Temperature
Warm wet tropical conditions, roughly 22–30 °C; protect below 15 °C.
Native range
SE. Colombia to S. Venezuela and N. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

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Micropholis casiquiarensis is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Brazil and Venezuela.

Other Micropholis plants

Micropholis brochidodroma · Micropholis caudata · Micropholis cayennensis · Micropholis compta · Micropholis crassipedicellata · Micropholis cylindrocarpa · Micropholis emarginata · Caimitillo verde · Micropholis gnaphaloclados · Micropholis grandiflora · Micropholis humboldtiana · Micropholis macrophylla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Micropholis casiquiarensis 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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