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Omphalea queenslandiae

Omphalea queenslandiae
Photo: coenobita, CC BY 4.0

Omphalea queenslandiae is a woody rainforest vine (liana) in the spurge family, native to the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Queensland. It is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant, and it needs warm, humid, shaded rainforest-like conditions.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Rich, free-draining organic potting mix or forest-floor type soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Omphalea queenslandiae is a liana in the spurge family. It is native to north-eastern Australia.

Where it grows

The species is endemic to the Wet Tropics of Queensland where it occurs in lowland and upland rainforest from sea level to an elevation of 750 m.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Omphalea queenslandiae 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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