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Peronema

Peronema
Photo: Harvard University Botany Libraries, Cambridge, U.S.A., CC BY-SA 4.0

Peronema is a genus with one known species, Peronema canescens, a tropical shrub or small tree from the mint family grown mainly in its native Southeast Asian forests. Cultivation is rare, so care advice relies on general knowledge of tropical Lamiaceae.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich loam or a peat-based potting mix with added perlite.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Peronema is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1822. It contains only one known species, Peronema canescens, native to Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Peronema 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.

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