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Nectandra crassiloba

Nectandra crassiloba is a tree in the laurel family, endemic to Ecuador and found in tropical and subtropical moist forests. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is based on general horticulture for wet tropical laurels.

Family
Lauraceae (Laurel family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth, and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich mix with good organic content.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

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Nectandra crassiloba is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Other Nectandra plants

Nectandra angusta · Nectandra apiculata · Nectandra astyla · Golden Nectandra · Berrylike Nectandra · Nectandra barbellata · Bartlett Nectandra · Nectandra brittonii · Nectandra brochidodroma · Nectandra canaliculata · Nectandra caudatoacuminata · Nectandra cerifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nectandra crassiloba 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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