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Syzygium rama-varmae

Syzygium rama-varmae is a small evergreen tree from the montane rainforests of southwestern India, growing up to 15 metres tall. It is a wild forest species rarely grown in gardens, and it does best with consistent moisture and humid, sheltered conditions.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially when young, and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Rich, moisture-retentive, well-drained loam or humus-rich mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. India
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Syzygium rama-varmae is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a small evergreen tree which grows up to 15 metres tall. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in southwestern India, where it is known from Munnar, Agasthyamalai, and Kanyakumari in the southern Western Ghats. It grows in montane evergreen rain forest along streams and swamps from 1,100 to 1,500 metres elevation. It is associated with Cullenia exarillata, Palaquium ellipticum, Litsea bourdillonii, Mesua ferrea, Syzygium gardneri, and Garcinia pushpangadaniana.

Other Syzygium plants

Syzygium ingens · Waterberries · Eugenia calcadensis · Eugenia camptophylla · Syzygium duthieanum · Eugenia gageana · Syzygium glaucum · Syzygium goodenovii · Syzygium kiahii · Eugenia klossii · Syzygium koordersianum · Eugenia laevicaulis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syzygium rama-varmae 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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