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Yellow Wood

Terminalia oblongata

Yellow Wood
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0

Terminalia oblongata is a tree from seasonally dry tropical Queensland, Australia, sometimes called yellow-wood or rosewood. It is grown outdoors in warm climates and needs heat and a sunny site.

Family
Combretaceae (Combret family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when young, then let the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates seasonal drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
22–38 °C mean maximum and minimum for growth, tolerates 12–44 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Terminalia oblongata, commonly known as yellow-wood or rosewood, is a species of plant in the Combretaceae family. It is native to Australia. The mean maximum and minimum annual temperatures suitable for its growth are within the range 22 - 38 °C, though it can tolerate 12 - 44 °C as well.

Other Terminalia plants

Terminalia tetraphylla · Buchenavia pabstii · Tropical Almond · Terminalia acuminata · Terminalia albida · White Olivier · Gum Ghatti · White olive · Terminalia archipelagi · Brown damson · Arjun · Crocodile Tree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia oblongata 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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