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Neonauclea sessilifolia

Neonauclea sessilifolia is a tree in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to Taiwan, southern China, Southeast Asia and northeastern India, growing 7 to 30 m tall. Little is documented about how it is grown, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Native range
Assam to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China, Taiwan
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Neonauclea sessilifolia is a tree species in the Rubiaceae family. It is found in Taiwan, and then from Yunnan, Zhōngguó/China, to Southeast Asia and northeastern India.

Where it grows

The distribution of the species is slightly disjunctional, it grows in Taiwan, and then in a contiguous (clumped) area from Yunnan to Southeast Asia and northeastern India. Countries and regions where the plant grows are: Taiwan; Zhōngguó/China (Yunnan); Vietnam; Laos; Cambodia; Thailand; Myanmar; Bangladesh; and India (Assam, Eastern Himalaya).

Uses

The wood is not very durable, in Cambodia it used for temporary constructions and the twig are used as firewood.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Neonauclea sessilifolia 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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