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Myrsine seychellarum is a rare shrub or small tree endemic to the Seychelles, known locally as Bwa Klate, and is Critically Endangered with fewer than 50 mature individuals left in the wild. It is not a commonly grown garden plant, so care is mainly relevant to conservation or botanic collections.
Myrsine seychellarum is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name Bwa Klate, It is endemic to Seychelles.
The species is assessed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered, facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild; the population is estimated to number less than 50 mature individuals. The main sites for the population are Mahé, Silhouette, and Praslin, though other studies have stated the apparent disappearance from Silhouette.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrsine seychellarum 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.
