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Osmoxylon mariannense

Osmoxylon mariannense
Photo: Origamikid, CC BY-SA 4.0

Osmoxylon mariannense is a rare tree in the ivy family (Araliaceae), endemic to Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands and listed as endangered. It is not a common garden plant, so growing advice is limited and mostly general for the genus.

Family
Araliaceae (Ivy family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Temperature
Wet tropical climate; likely needs warmth year-round, protect from frost
How easy
Hard
Native range
Marianas (Rota)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Osmoxylon mariannense is a rare species of tree in the family Araliaceae. It is endemic to Rota, one of the Northern Mariana Islands. A 2002 survey found only eight mature trees remaining on the island. A resident of the commonwealth, the tree is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States.

Other Osmoxylon plants

Osmoxylon arrhenicum · Osmoxylon chrysanthum · Osmoxylon corneri · Osmoxylon ellipsoideum · Osmoxylon lanceolatum · Osmoxylon miquelii · Osmoxylon reburrum · Osmoxylon whitmorei · Osmoxylon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Osmoxylon mariannense 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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