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Rhaptopetalum beguei

Rhaptopetalum beguei is a tree from West and Central African wet tropical forests, in the Brazil-nut family. It is a forest species with little horticultural history, so growing it outside its native habitat is rarely practical.

Family
Lecythidaceae (Brazil-nut family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist but never waterlogged, as in its native humid forest.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. Ivory Coast to SW. Ghana
Climate
wet tropical

About

Rhaptopetalum beguei is a species of plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, and Nigeria.

Other Rhaptopetalum plants

Rhaptopetalum belingense · Rhaptopetalum geophylax · Rhaptopetalum sindarense · Rhaptopetalum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhaptopetalum beguei 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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