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Bois Tambour is a small tree of the Monimiaceae family, endemic to the summit of Montagne Cocotte in Mauritius, with fewer than 50 wild individuals. It is not a common garden plant, so care notes are limited and drawn from general knowledge of wet-tropical Monimiaceae.
Tambourissa cocottensis, commonly known as Bois Tambour is a species of plant in the Monimiaceae family. The only population (less than 50 individuals and decreasing) is endemic to the summit Montagne Cocotte, Mauritius (with an average annual precipitation of 5000 mm).
T. cocottensis closely resembles T. tetragona in certain aspects such as cauliflory, leaf size, -margin, -texture, -shape or -venation. However, unlike T. tetragona, T. cocottensis' stems and petioles are winged. There are also differences in the flower structure.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tambourissa cocottensis 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.
