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Wilkiea angustifolia

Wilkiea angustifolia
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Wilkiea angustifolia is a dioecious shrub or small tree from the rainforest understory of north-east Queensland, growing up to about 6 m, with male and female flowers on separate plants, so both are needed for fruit. It is grown mainly as a shade-tolerant rainforest understory plant in warm, humid, frost-free gardens.

Family
Monimiaceae (Monimi family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, watering more in dry spells, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Wilkiea angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to Queensland. It is a dioecious shrub with elliptic leaves, male and female flowers on separate plants, male flowers with 4 stamens, female flowers with 8 to 20 carpels, and the fruit a purple to black drupe.

Where it grows

Wilkiea angustifolia grows in the understory of rainforest at altitudes between 100 and 1,585 m (328 and 5,200 ft) in north-east Queensland.

Other Wilkiea plants

Smooth Wilkiea · Wilkiea cordata · Wilkiea huegeliana · Wilkiea hylandii · Wilkiea kaarruana · Wilkiea longipes · Large-leaved Wilkiea · Tetra beech · Wilkiea rigidifolia · Wilkiea smithii · Wilkiea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wilkiea angustifolia 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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