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Soyauxia velutina

Soyauxia velutina
Photo: Ben P, CC BY 4.0

Soyauxia velutina is a scrambling tree or climber from wet tropical West and West-Central Africa, in the Peridisc family (Peridiscaceae). It is a forest species that is not grown as an ornamental or houseplant, so the care notes below describe its natural habitat rather than cultivation.

Family
Peridiscaceae (Peridisc family)
Grows as
Tree, Climber
Temperature
Wet tropical lowland conditions; not cold-hardy.
Native range
W. & WC. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

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Soyauxia velutina is a species of flowering plant from the family Peridiscaceae.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Soyauxia velutina 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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