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Pterophylla aphanoneura

Pterophylla aphanoneura (formerly Weinmannia aphanoneura) is a shrub or tree from the cunonia family, native to Borneo, with one record from Sumatra. It grows in cool, wet montane forest and needs cool, humid, well-drained conditions.

Family
Cunoniaceae (Cunoni family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but never waterlogged, and water less in cool weather.
Soil
Acidic, humus-rich, well-drained mix.
Temperature
Cool montane conditions; protect from heat above 30 °C and from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pterophylla aphanoneura, formerly known as Weinmannia aphanoneura, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Borneo, with a single record from western Sumatra.

Pterophylla aphanoneura grows in montane rain forest from 1,175 to 2,560 metres elevation. Its habitat includes open moss forest, ericaceous mossy forest, and submontane heath forest.

Other Pterophylla plants

Weinmannia · Pterophylla clemensiae · Pterophylla comorensis · Pterophylla exigua · Pterophylla fraxinea · Pterophylla marquesana · Pterophylla ouaiemensis · Pterophylla parviflora · Pterophylla racemosa · Pterophylla raiateensis · Pterophylla rapensis · Pterophylla richii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pterophylla aphanoneura 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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