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Wilkiea pubescens
Tetra beech is a shrub or small tree from the rainforests of north Queensland, reaching 5 to 7 m, with separate male and female plants. Grow it in rainforest-style conditions with shade, moisture and rich soil.
Wilkiea pubescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with elliptic leaves and male and female flowers on separate plants. Male flowers have 6 tepals and 2 or 3 pairs of stamens and female flowers have 2 pairs of tepals and 15 to 30 carpels. The fruit is a purplish-black drupe.
This species grows in rainforest or on the edges of rainforest or wet forest at altitudes up to 1,100 m (3,600 ft) and is widespread between Cooktown and Mount Elliott and possibly further inland.
Wilkiea angustifolia · Smooth Wilkiea · Wilkiea cordata · Wilkiea huegeliana · Wilkiea hylandii · Wilkiea kaarruana · Wilkiea longipes · Large-leaved Wilkiea · Wilkiea rigidifolia · Wilkiea smithii · Wilkiea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wilkiea pubescens 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.
