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Siparuna eggersii

Siparuna eggersii is a scrambling, large shrub from the Siparunaceae family, endemic to Ecuador and endangered in the wild. It is a rare species with little cultivation history, so it is not a common garden or houseplant.

Family
Siparunaceae (Siparun family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top few centimetres dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich potting mix or loamy garden soil.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Siparuna eggersii is a scrambling, large shrub in the Siparunaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is endangered due to habitat destruction. It has glabrous leaves and fig-like, red fruit with a lemon scent.

Other Siparuna plants

Siparuna calantha · Siparuna campii · Siparuna cascada · Siparuna croatii · Siparuna gentryana · Siparuna guajalitensis · Siparuna lozaniana · Siparuna multiflora · Siparuna palenquensis · Siparuna piloso-lepidota · Siparuna vasqueziana · Siparuna

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Siparuna eggersii 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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