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Planchonella roseoloba

Planchonella roseoloba is a shrub or tree from the Sapotaceae family, endemic to northern and central New Caledonia. Little is documented about its cultivation, so care advice is general and should be checked against local conditions.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix or loamy soil.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
NC. & C. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Planchonella roseoloba is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. As with other species in the same genus, it possesses stamens that are located below (and rarely in) the tube orifice; a multi-seeded fruit, as well as foliaceous cotyledons embedded in endosperm.

Other Planchonella plants

Planchonella spectabilis · Black Apple · Planchonella contermina · Bastard Ironwood · Small Leaved Coondoo · Planchonella crenata · Planchonella duclitan · Shiny Leaf Coondoo · Planchonella glauca · Planchonella kaalaensis · Planchonella latihila · Planchonella luteocostata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Planchonella roseoloba 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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