Elateriospermum — 1 species

Botanical species in the genus Elateriospermum recorded in the PlantPeers database.

Elateriospermum tapos
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Elateriospermum tapos

Elateriospermum tapos

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Cultivation

A plant of the hot, humid, lowland tropics. Found in the wild in deep and yellow-coloured soils, mainly clay, clay-loam, sandy clay, loam, sometimes sandstone or (silty) laterite. The plant is often found in the wild in Kerangas forest - a type of moist, heath forest found on acidic, sandy soils that are low in nutrients, especially nitrogen.

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