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Palicourea calycina

Palicourea calycina is a shrub or small tree in the coffee family, native to the wet tropical forests of Colombia and Ecuador. Very little is documented about its cultivation, so treat care advice as general guidance for wet tropical understorey plants.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, allowing the top layer to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-rich soil or a peat-based potting mix.
Temperature
18-28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Colombia to Ecuador (Loja)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Palicourea calycina is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.

Other Palicourea plants

Palicourea anderssoniana · Palicourea anianguana · Palicourea asplundii · Palicourea azurea · Palicourea bracteocardia · Palicourea calantha · Palicourea calothyrsus · Palicourea canarina · Palicourea candida · Palicourea consobrina · Palicourea corniculata · Palicourea cornigera

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palicourea calycina 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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