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Ristantia pachysperma
Also called Johnstone River yellowwood, Sour hardwood
Yellow penda is a large rainforest tree from the Wet Tropics of north Queensland, growing up to about 35 m, and it is critically endangered in the wild. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care advice here is general and mainly relevant to growing it in a tropical climate.
Ristantia pachysperma, commonly known as yellow penda, is a species of plant in the clove and eucalyptus family Myrtaceae. It is native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia, and is listed as critically endangered. It was first described in 1982.
It occurs in two main populations to the north and south of Cairns, one near Cape Tribulation and another broader population from about Fishery Falls to Mourilyan. It grows in lowland rainforest at altitudes up to 100 m (330 ft), often close to swamps.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ristantia pachysperma 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.
