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Uvaria unguiculata is a tendril climber in the custard apple family, native to the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland, Australia, where it grows in lowland gallery forest. It is a wild rainforest species rather than a common garden plant, so growing it requires warm, humid, frost-free conditions.
Uvaria unguiculata is a species of plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae native to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. It is a tendril climber with a stem diameter of up to 8 cm (3.1 in), which inhabits lowland gallery forest at altitudes up to about 100 m (330 ft). Its range extends from about Coen to the northern tip of Cape York.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Uvaria unguiculata 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.
