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True Kadamb

Mitragyna parvifolia

True Kadamb
Photo: Forestowlet, CC0

True Kadamb is a large deciduous-to-semi-evergreen tree native to India, Sri Lanka and parts of Indo-China, grown mainly for timber and traditional medicine rather than as an ornamental. It is not usually grown as a houseplant, and it needs a warm, seasonally dry tropical climate with a clear wet season.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then rely mainly on seasonal rain once the tree is mature.
Soil
Well-drained loamy or alluvial soil, tolerant of a range of textures.
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect from frost, which it cannot tolerate.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Mitragyna parvifolia is a tree species found in Asia, native to India and Sri Lanka. Mitragyna species are used medicinally and for their fine timber throughout the areas where they grow. M. parvifolia reaches heights of 50 feet with a branch spread over 15 feet. The stem is erect and branching. Flowers are yellow and grow in ball-shaped clusters. Leaves are a dark green in color, smooth, rounded in shape, and opposite in growth pattern.

Other Mitragyna plants

Kratom · Mitragyna stipulosa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mitragyna parvifolia 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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