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Saurauia oreophila

Saurauia oreophila is a tree from the Actinidiaceae family, native to montane wet forests of southern Mexico and Central America. It is a wild forest species rarely grown in cultivation, so care is mainly inferred from its habitat.

Family
Actinidiaceae (Actinidi family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist but never waterlogged, matching its wet montane habitat.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. Mexico to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Saurauia oreophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Actinidiaceae. It is found in Guatemala and Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Saurauia plants

Saurauia adenodonta · Saurauia aequatoriensis · Saurauia aguaricana · Saurauia andreana · Saurauia avellana · Saurauia bogoriensis · Saurauia bracteosa · Saurauia cauliflora · Saurauia clementis · Saurauia copelandii · Saurauia crassisepala · Saurauia elegans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Saurauia oreophila 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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