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Sebastiania panamensis

Sebastiania panamensis is a shrub in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) native to Costa Rica and western Panama, where it grows in wet tropical climates. It is rarely grown as an ornamental, so care advice is based on general knowledge of this group of plants.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub
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-draining, rich organic mix with some peat or bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Costa Rica to W. Panama
Climate
wet tropical

About

Sebastiania panamensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was described in 1988. It is native from Costa Rica to western Panama.

Other Sebastiania plants

Gymnanthes glandulosa · Gymnanthes integra · Sebastiania argutidens · Sebastiania bahiensis · Sebastiania bicalcarata · Sebastiania brasiliensis · Sebastiania brevifolia · Sebastiania catingae · Sebastiania chaetodonta · Sebastiania chahalana · Sebastiania chiapensis · Sebastiania cruenta

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sebastiania panamensis 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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