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Peripentadenia mearsii
Also called Grey quandong
Peripentadenia mearsii is a multistemmed rainforest tree from northeastern Queensland, reaching about 20 m in the wild. It is rarely grown as a garden plant, and it needs warm, humid, shaded conditions similar to its native rainforest.
Peripentadenia mearsii, commonly known as the buff quandong or grey quandong, is a plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae endemic to a small part of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is usually seen as a multistemmed tree, and the habitat is tropical rainforest.
The buff quandong is restricted to the eastern and southern edges of the Atherton Tableland, southwest of Cairns. It mostly grows in mature rainforest, at altitudes from 100–1,400 m (330–4,590 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peripentadenia mearsii 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.
