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Monnina chimborazeana

Monnina chimborazeana is a little-known Andean shrub or small plant from Ecuador in the milkwort family, with almost no cultivation records. Little is documented about its growing needs, so care should be treated as general guidance for Monnina.

Family
Polygalaceae (Polygal family)
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, slightly acidic humus-rich mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Monnina chimborazeana is a species of plant in the family Polygalaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.

Other Monnina plants

Monnina equatoriensis · Monnina haughtii · Monnina loxensis · Monnina obovata · Monnina pseudoaestuans · Monnina sodiroana · Monnina · Monnina fosbergii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monnina chimborazeana 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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