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Planchonella tahitensis

Planchonella tahitensis is a tropical evergreen tree from the South Pacific islands in the Sapotaceae family, rarely grown as a garden or houseplant. It is best managed as a warm, frost-free outdoor tree in humid conditions.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while young and water during dry spells, letting the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or sandy soil with organic matter.
Temperature
18-32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Planchonella tahitensis is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the islands of the south Pacific, including the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, the Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.

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 tahitensis 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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