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Sageretia hamosa

Sageretia hamosa
Photo: Ford, A.|Hewett, B.|Green, P.|Holmes, J., CC BY 4.0

Sageretia hamosa is a scrambling climbing shrub or vine in the buckthorn family, native from India and southern China through Southeast Asia to northern Queensland. It is a rainforest and monsoon forest plant rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is general and based on related Sageretia species.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich potting mix or loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. China to Trop. Asia
Climate
subtropical

About

Sageretia hamosa is a climbing plant in the family Rhamnaceae native to areas from India to southern China, the Philippines, Malesia and the state of Queensland in Australia.

Where it grows

Sageretia hamosa grows in rainforest and monsoon forest, at altitudes below 1,600 m (5,200 ft). It is native to India, Assam, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China South-Central, China Southeast, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands and Queensland.

Other Sageretia plants

Sageretia brandrethiana · Sageretia camellifolia · Sageretia gracilis · Sageretia henryi · Sageretia horrida · Sageretia laxiflora · Sageretia lucida · Sageretia melliana · Sageretia randaiensis · Sageretia subcaudata · Pauper's-tea · Mock buckthorn

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sageretia hamosa 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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