Pterygota — 6 species
Botanical species in the genus Pterygota recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Pterygota macrocarpa
Pterygota macrocarpa
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
Young plants are tolerant of shade, but require increasing light levels if they are to grow larger. Older trees require high light levels. Plants are tolerant of wet and leached soils, but prefer drier, base-rich conditions.
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Pterygota mildbraedii
Pterygota mildbraedii
Family: Malvaceae
Cultivation
In north-western Katanga (DR Congo), where the mean average annual temperature is 24°c, with mean maxima of 30.5°c and mean minima of 17°c; with about 1,500mm mean annual rainfall and a dry season of 4 months; it is a common tree in climax vegetation on red alluvial soil, in association with Klainedoxa gabonensis, but is very rare on base-rich volcanic soils. A fast-growing tree. Trees may be managed by pollarding and coppicing.
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