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Pterophylla clemensiae

Pterophylla clemensiae is a tree or small treelet of Borneo's montane forests, reaching up to about 10 metres. It grows naturally on ultramafic soils at high elevation, so it is rarely grown as a garden or houseplant.

Family
Cunoniaceae (Cunoni family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Acidic, well-drained, humus-rich soil or a peaty potting mix.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pterophylla clemensiae, formerly known as Weinmannia clemensiae, is a species of plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to Borneo. It is a tree or treelet growing up to 10 metres tall.

Pterophylla clemensiae is native to Mount Kinabalu and Mount Tambuyukon in Kinabalu Park in Sabah, Malaysia. It has a restricted range, with an estimated area of occupancy (AOO) of 32 km2 and extent of occurrence (EOO) of 120 km2.

Other Pterophylla plants

Weinmannia · Pterophylla aphanoneura · 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 clemensiae 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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