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Ochrosia thiollierei

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

Ochrosia thiollierei is a tree in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) found only in New Caledonia, a wet tropical island in the southwest Pacific. It is a wild forest species, not a common garden or houseplant, so growing it requires warm, humid, frost-free conditions.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich mix that holds moisture
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ochrosia thiollierei, synonym Neisosperma thiollierei, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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 thiollierei 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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