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Paullinia paullinioides

Paullinia paullinioides is a tropical climbing vine (liana) from the Amazon basin of South America, with trifoliolate leaves and spiny fruit. It is a wild forest species rarely cultivated, so care depends on warm, humid tropical conditions.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce slightly in cooler months.
Soil
Rich, well-draining loam or peat-based mix with organic matter.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Paullinia paullinioides is a flowering plant species in the genus of Paullinia found in South America. It was first described in 1895, by Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer.

Where it grows

Paullinia paullinioides is found in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It has also been observed in Venezuela.

Other Paullinia plants

Guarana · Moldy bread and cheese · Paullinia navicularis · Bread and cheese · Yoco · Bread and cheese

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paullinia paullinioides 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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