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Nostolachma crassifolia

Nostolachma crassifolia is a shrub in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to the wet forests of southwestern India. Little is documented about its cultivation, so it is rarely grown and care should be based on its wet tropical origin.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich soil or a peat-based mix.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. India
Climate
wet tropical

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Nostolachma crassifolia is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae.

It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nostolachma crassifolia 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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