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Oncotheca humboldtiana

Oncotheca humboldtiana
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Oncotheca humboldtiana is a small tree from the humid forests of New Caledonia, in the family Oncothecaceae. It is a wild forest species, not a commonly grown garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Oncothecaceae (Oncothec family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in a humid, wet-tropical setting; it grows in wet forest.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
WC. & SE. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Oncotheca humboldtiana is a species of small tree in the family Oncothecaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. The species was described in 1988.

Oncotheca humboldtiana is one of two members of the family Oncothecaceae. It is of Least Concern.

Where it grows

The species is native to the humid forests of west-central and south-east New Caledonia. It is widespread on Grande Terre. The species occurs at altitudes of 20–900 metres (66–2,953 ft).

Other Oncotheca plants

Oncotheca balansae · Oncotheca

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oncotheca humboldtiana 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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