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Rondeletia americana

Rondeletia americana
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Rondeletia americana is a small shrub in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) with dark green leaves and white flowers, native to Saint Vincent in the Caribbean. It is a wet tropical plant and is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-draining, humus-rich soil or a peat-based potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
St. Vincent
Climate
wet tropical

About

Rondeletia americana is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub with dark green leaves and a white corolla.

The species is native to Saint Vincent, and was first described in 1753.

Where it grows

Rondeletia americana is native to the wet tropical biome of Saint Vincent.

Other Rondeletia plants

Rondeletia acunae · Rondeletia adamsii · Rondeletia alaternoides · Rondeletia amplexicaulis · Anguilla Bush · Rondeletia anomala · Rondeletia apiculata · Rondeletia brachyphylla · Rondeletia cincta · Rondeletia clarendonensis · Rondeletia dolphinensis · Rondeletia elegans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rondeletia americana 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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