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Volkameria heterophylla is a small shrub or tree in the mint family, native to Mauritius and La Réunion, reaching about 4 metres in the wild. It is a wild species of dry and semi-dry forest and is rarely grown as an ornamental, so care advice is drawn mainly from general knowledge of Volkameria-type plants.
Volkameria heterophylla (common names - bois de chenilles, verveine malgache) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Volkameria of the family Lamiaceae. It is a native to Mauritius and La Réunion.
In La Réunion it is found in the semi-dry forests in the West of the island, between Saint-Paul and Saint-Leu and it reaches a height of 4 meters.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Volkameria heterophylla 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.
