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Tetracera nordtiana
Tetracera nordtiana is a twining woody vine from the Dilleniaceae family, native to eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and northeast Queensland, where it climbs through rainforest and swamp forest. It needs warm, humid, moist conditions and a strong support to climb, and is rarely grown outside tropical gardens.
Tetracera nordtiana, commonly known as small-leaved fire vine, is a climbing plant in the family Dilleniaceae which occurs from eastern Indonesia to the Australian state of Queensland. It was first described in 1865 and has a conservation status of least concern.
Tetracera nordtiana is native to Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, the island of New Guinea and the Australian state of Queensland. In Australia it occurs on some islands of the Torres Strait, some isolated pockets on Cape York Peninsula, and a large population in the coastal areas between about Rossville and Ingham. It grows in various forest types including rainforest and swamp forest, at altitudes from sea level to about 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
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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.
