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Prismatomeris filamentosa

Prismatomeris filamentosa
Photo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, CC0

Prismatomeris filamentosa is a shrub or small tree from the coffee family, native to forests of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so cultivation advice is limited.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type mix.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Indo-China
Climate
wet tropical

About

Prismatomeris filamentosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to south-east Asia. The species was described in 1932, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.

Where it grows

Prismatomeris filamentosa is native to the wet tropical biome of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The species grows in forests, and its extent of occurrence is around 358,267 square kilometres (138,328 sq mi).

Other Prismatomeris plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Prismatomeris filamentosa 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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