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Australian pepper tree

Zygogynum semecarpoides

Australian pepper tree
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Australian pepper tree is a rainforest tree or shrub from far north Queensland, in the winter family Winteraceae. It is a wild rainforest species rather than a common garden plant, so care is mostly by analogy with other tropical understorey trees.

Family
Winteraceae (Winter family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and reduce slightly in cooler months.
Soil
Rich, free-draining, slightly acidic potting mix or humus-rich garden soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Zygogynum semecarpoides, commonly known as Australian pepper tree, is a species of plants in the family Winteraceae endemic to Queensland, Australia. The name Zygogynum semecarpoides is accepted by Plants of the World Online, however, it is not accepted in Australia. The Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, the Queensland Herbarium, and the publications Flora of Australia and Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants all recognise an earlier name, Bubbia semecarpoides.

Other Zygogynum plants

Zygogynum cristatum · Hotbark · Zygogynum oligostigma · Zygogynum tanyostigma · Zygogynum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zygogynum semecarpoides 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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