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Pilidiostigma papuanum

Pilidiostigma papuanum
Photo: Kerry Coleman, CC BY 4.0

Pilidiostigma papuanum is a little-known shrub or tree of the myrtle family from southern New Guinea and northern Queensland, found in wet tropical forest. It is not a common cultivated plant, so care guidance is inferred from its wet tropical habitat.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never let it dry out completely, as it grows in wet tropical forest.
Soil
Humus-rich, well-drained but moisture-retentive mix.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
S. New Guinea to N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pilidiostigma papuanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It can be found in North Queensland and Papua New Guinea.

Other Pilidiostigma plants

Plum Myrtle · Small Leaved Plum Myrtle · Pilidiostigma sessile · Pilidiostigma tetramerum · Apricot myrtle · Pilidiostigma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pilidiostigma papuanum 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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