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Buy Pisonia Alba (Koles-Maluko) Plant - Exotic and Rare Tropical Plant for Sale

by Kadiyam Nursery
Common name:
Pisonia, Koles - Maluko
Regional name:
Marathi - Pysonia
Category:
Shrubs, Trees
Family:
Nyctaginaceae or Bougainvillea family
Light:
Sun growing, Semi shade
Water:
Normal, Can tolerate more
Primarily grown for:
Foliage
Flowering season:
Flowers are inconspicuous
Foliage color:
Yellow, Green
Plant Height or length:
6 to 8 meters
Plant Spread or Width:
6 to 8 meters
Plant Form:
Spherical or rounded, Upright or Erect
Special Character:
  • Good for screening
  • Good for Hedges and Borders
  • Recommended for creating shade
  • Quick growing trees
  • Evergreen trees
  • Suitable for road median planting
  • Suitable for avenue planting
  • Hanging or weeping growth habit
  • Salt or salinity tolerant
  • Good on seaside
  • Grows best in humid and warm regions
Generally available in India in quantities of:
Over hundreds

Plant Description:

- This tree is a sight to behold in Chennai. It loves the hot and humid weather there.
- Actually a tree but used primarily as a shrub.
- Native - Philippines.
- It is an erect, unarmed, smooth or nearly smooth tree, reaching a height of 8 meters.
- The end of branches being nearly white oblong ovate, 12 to 25 cm long with pointed apex and rounded base.
- The flowers are borne in terminal, dense corymbose cymes are not very significant.
- Can suffer leaf drop and stem dying in excessive cold.
- The fruits is long - pedicelled club - shaped 12-18 millimeters long.

Growing tips:

- Plants like high temperatures and high humidity.
- Plants form nice colourful shrubs in full sunlight.
- Prefer acidic soils with good drainage.
- Can be trimmed and kept to a height from 60 cms to 3 meters or higher.
- Plants will not grow very tall in non coastal areas - as they keep on getting damaged in winter and dry summers.