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Pleradenophora membranifolia

Pleradenophora membranifolia is a shrub or small tree in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) from Peru to central Brazil, a seasonally dry tropical region. It is a rarely cultivated species with little horticultural information available, so care advice here is general and should be checked against local experience.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry, and reduce watering in the dry season.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile soil or a mix with added sand or perlite.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Peru to C. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Pleradenophora membranifolia is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It ranges from Peru to central Brazil.

Sebastiania huallagensis Croizat is treated as a synonym of P. membranifolia in Kew's Plants of the World Online database. The former, listed as endemic to Peru, was assessed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pleradenophora membranifolia 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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