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Prestonia peregrina

Prestonia peregrina is a woody climbing vine in the dogbane family, endemic to Ecuador and found in tropical dry and montane forests. It is a wild forest species with little horticultural history, so cultivation advice is limited.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect
Temperature
Tropical conditions; protect from frost
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Prestonia peregrina is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Prestonia plants

Prestonia amazonica · Prestonia parvifolia · Prestonia rotundifolia · Prestonia schumanniana · Prestonia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prestonia peregrina 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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