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Prestonia schumanniana

Prestonia schumanniana is a climbing vine in the dogbane family, endemic to Ecuador and found in dry subtropical or tropical forest. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care depends on its tropical climbing habit.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry, reducing in cooler months.
Soil
Well-draining, loamy potting mix or garden soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Prestonia schumanniana is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Prestonia plants

Prestonia amazonica · Prestonia parvifolia · Prestonia peregrina · Prestonia rotundifolia · Prestonia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prestonia schumanniana 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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