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Tristaniopsis lucida

Tristaniopsis lucida is a tree from the Myrtle family, endemic to southeastern New Caledonia, growing in wet tropical forest. It is rarely grown outside its native range and little cultivation information exists.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth; it is adapted to wet tropical climates.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Tristaniopsis lucida is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia.

Other Tristaniopsis plants

Hill Kanuka · Tristaniopsis decorticata · River Gum · Water-gum · Tristaniopsis littoralis · Tristaniopsis macphersonii · Tristaniopsis minutiflora · Tristaniopsis polyandra · Tristaniopsis pontianensis · Tristaniopsis razakiana · Tristaniopsis reticulata · Tristaniopsis vieillardii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tristaniopsis lucida 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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