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Xerochlamys villosa

Xerochlamys villosa
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Xerochlamys villosa is a small tree from southwestern Madagascar, growing up to 8 m tall in seasonally dry forest. It is not a common garden plant and is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Sarcolaenaceae (Sarcolaen family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
SC. Madagascar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Xerochlamys villosa is a tree in the family Sarcolaenaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Where it grows

Xerochlamys villosa is native to southwestern Madagascar. Its habitat is forests from 450–1,500 m (1,500–4,900 ft) altitude.

Other Xerochlamys plants

Xerochlamys bojeriana · Xerochlamys coriacea · Xerochlamys diospyroidea · Xerochlamys elliptica · Xerochlamys itremoensis · Xerochlamys tampoketsensis · Xerochlamys undulata · Xerochlamys

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xerochlamys villosa 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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