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Protomegabaria stapfiana is a shrub to medium-sized rainforest tree from western and central tropical Africa, growing up to 15–18 m tall. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, and it needs warm, humid, wet tropical conditions.
Protomegabaria stapfiana is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to western tropical Africa.
Protomegabaria stapfiana can be found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Sierra Leone. It occurs in primary and secondary forests, including both well-drained and freshwater swamp forests, at altitudes of up to 500 m (1,600 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protomegabaria stapfiana 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.
