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Prismatomeris brachypus

Prismatomeris brachypus
Photo: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0

Prismatomeris brachypus is a tree of the coffee family (Rubiaceae) native to the wet tropical forests of the eastern Philippines, growing to about 10 metres. It is a wild forest species with little cultivation history, so it is rarely grown in gardens.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type soil.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
E. Philippines
Climate
wet tropical

About

Prismatomeris brachypus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree native to the Philippines. The species was described in 1940, and is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.

Where it grows

Prismatomeris brachypus is native to the wet tropical biome of the eastern Philippines. It is found in Cagayan, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Isabela, Quezon, Biliran, Samar, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Norte, and Surigao del Sur. Its extent of occurrence is over 156,116.342 square kilometres (60,276.857 sq mi).

Other Prismatomeris plants

Prismatomeris albidiflora · Prismatomeris beccariana · Prismatomeris borneensis · Prismatomeris filamentosa · Prismatomeris fragrans · Prismatomeris glabra · Prismatomeris griffithii · Prismatomeris javanica · Prismatomeris khoonmengiana · Prismatomeris kinabaluensis · Prismatomeris memecyloides · Prismatomeris mollis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prismatomeris brachypus 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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