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Ochrosia tahitensis

Ochrosia tahitensis
Photo: Herbarium - MNHN - Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, CC BY 4.0

Ochrosia tahitensis is a tree in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) that is endemic to Tahiti in French Polynesia. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance relies on general knowledge of the genus.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Ochrosia tahitensis is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Tahiti of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia.

Other Ochrosia plants

Ochrosia ackeringae · Ochrosia borbonica · Ochrosia brevituba · Ochrosia brownii · Elliptic yellowwood · Ochrosia fatuhivensis · Ochrosia glomerata · Ochrosia grandiflora · Island yellowwood · Ochrosia hexandra · Ochrosia inventorum · Kauai yellowwood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ochrosia tahitensis 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.

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