Heritiera actinophylla
Heritiera actinophylla
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant of the subtropics, just entering the tropics in Queensland; it is found at elevations up to 900 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 18 - 28°c, but can tolerate 8 - 36°c[1]. When dormant, the plant can survive temperatures down to about -5°c, but young growth can be severely damaged at 0°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,100 - 1,400mm, but tolerates 1,000 - 1,500mm[1].Found wild from the warm temperate zone, through the subtropics and entering the tropics in eastern Australia. It can withstand moderate frosts[2]. Succeeds in full sun and in light shade[1]. Prefers a light soil, but can succeed in most well-drained soils of moderate fertility[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 5 - 6.5, tolerating 4.5 - 7[1].
Propagation
Seed - sown fresh, it usually germinates within a few days[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Heritiera+actinophylla>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [2]Australian Rainforest Plants Volumes 1 - 6 — Nicholson N. & H. · Terania Rainforest Publishing; New South Wales. · 2007 · ISBN 9-78095894-3628 ↩︎Beautiful set of booklets with a terse description of over 600 species and their habitat, often including some of their uses and notes on their cultivation, plus at least one, excellent photograph.
- [3]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
- [4]The Useful Native Plants of Australia. — Maiden J.H. · Turner & Co.; London. · 1889 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Terse details of the uses of many Australian plants and other species naturalised, or at least growing, in Australia. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [5]A Monograph of the Genus Heritiera, Aiton, (Sterculariaceae). — Kostermans A.J.G.H. · Herbarium Bogoriense, Indonesia. · 1959 ↩︎Somewhat dated, but an excellent monograph of the genus Heritiera. It can be downloaded from the Internet.