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Pleiospermium littorale is a rare coastal shrub or small tree in the citrus family from southeast Vietnam and Java, valued in traditional medicine and as a dune stabiliser. It is not commonly grown, so care guidance here is general and based on its coastal tropical habitat.
Pleiospermium littorale is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae native to southeast Vietnam and the island of Java in Indonesia, where it inhabits coastal areas and plays a role in erosion prevention. In traditional Vietnamese medicine different parts of the plant have been used as an expectorant, cough suppressant, for exudation, and the treatment of colds and fevers.
It is an endangered species threatened by habitat loss.
Pleiospermium latialatum · Pleiospermium longisepalum · Pleiospermium
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pleiospermium littorale 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.
