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Mitragyna tubulosa

Mitragyna tubulosa
Photo: Forestowlet, CC0

Mitragyna tubulosa is a tree of the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to peninsular India and Sri Lanka, mainly found in the Western Ghats. It is a forest tree rarely grown as a garden plant, so care notes are limited.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young, then rely on seasonal rain once established.
Soil
Moist, well-drained soil, ideally deep loam.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost and cold below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Mitragyna tubulosa is a tree species found in Peninsular India in the Western Ghats.

Other Mitragyna plants

Mitragyna ciliata · Mitragyna diversifolia · True Kadamb · Mitragyna rubrostipulata · Kratom · Mitragyna stipulosa · Mitragyna

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mitragyna tubulosa 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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