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Rhodosphaera

Rhodosphaera
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC0

Rhodosphaera is a genus with one species, Rhodosphaera rhodanthema, a medium-sized rainforest tree of eastern Australia that can reach about 25 metres. It is grown mainly as a park or shade tree in warm, frost-free climates rather than as a houseplant.

Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to moderate watering once roots are settled.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil, ideally moist loam or a rich rainforest-type mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect young trees below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Rhodosphaera is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae. The genus includes a single species, Rhodosphaera rhodanthema, which is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in sub tropical rainforests and also in the drier form of rainforests. The natural range of distribution is from the Macleay River, New South Wales to Maryborough in south east Queensland. Common names include deep yellowwood, yellow cedar and tulip satinwood.

Uses

The yellow timber is well regarded, being fine grained and attractively figured. Also Rhodosphaera rhodanthema is an appealing park tree.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhodosphaera 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.

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