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Spongiosperma macrophyllum is a shrub or tree in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae) from the Amazon Basin of South America. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice relies on general guidance for wet tropical woody plants.
Spongiosperma macrophyllum is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described in 1860. It is native to the Amazon Basin of South America, nations of Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil .
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spongiosperma macrophyllum 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.
