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Pterospermum reticulatum

Pterospermum reticulatum
Photo: Forestowlet, CC0

Pterospermum reticulatum is a tree in the mallow family (Malvaceae), native to south-western India and Myanmar, and it is rarely grown outside its native range. Care is largely unknown in cultivation, so treat it as a tropical tree needing warm, humid, frost-free conditions.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or garden soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
SW. India, Myanmar
Climate
wet tropical

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Pterospermum reticulatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found only in India. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Pterospermum plants

Pterospermum acerifolium · Pterospermum grewiifolium · Pterospermum kingtungense · Pterospermum menglunense · Pterospermum suberifolium · Pterospermum yunnanense · Pterospermum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pterospermum reticulatum 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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