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Polyosma alangiacea
Polyosma alangiacea, white alder, is a rainforest tree from the Escalloniaceae family, native to the sub-coastal ranges of northeast Queensland. It is rarely grown as an ornamental and is best suited to cultivation in warm, humid, frost-free climates with rich, well-drained soil.
Polyosma alangiacea, commonly known as white alder, is a tree in the family Escalloniaceae which is endemic to northeast Queensland. It was first described in 1872.
The natural range of this species is the sub-coastal ranges of northeast Queensland from near Cooktown south to the area around Eungella, west of Mackay. It grows in well developed rainforest at altitudes from 400 to 1,200 m (1,300 to 3,900 ft), on volcanic soils (derived from basalt or granite).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polyosma alangiacea 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.
