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Anguilla Bush

Rondeletia anguillensis

Anguilla Bush
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Anguilla bush is a small shrub, up to about 1 m tall, with pale pink flowers and tiny capsule fruits, endemic to Anguilla and listed as Critically Endangered. It is a rare wild species, not a common garden plant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during dry spells and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, limestone-influenced or sandy loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Leeward Is. (Anguilla)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Rondeletia anguillensis, commonly known as the Anguilla bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub with pale pink flowers and capsule fruits. The species is native to Anguilla.

Rondeletia anguillensis was described in 1987, and is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

Where it grows

Rondeletia anguillensis is native to the wet tropical biome of north-west Anguilla. Its estimated extent of occurrence is 11 square kilometres (4.2 sq mi). The species grows on limestone bedrock at elevations of 11–50 metres (36–164 ft).

Other Rondeletia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rondeletia anguillensis 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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