| Life form | Bush |
| Family | Corynocarpaceae |
| Origin | New Zealand, New Guinea |
| Ease of cultivation | Easy with small difficulties. |
| The size | It can reach a height of up to 50 m in nature, at home, trees are formed not larger than 1 m. |
| Growth rate | It grows relatively slowly |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Temperature | In summer: room temperature, in high heat conditions, high humidity is required; in winter the temperature is not higher than + 59 ° F, the optimum temperature is + 41 ° F. |
| Humidity | During summer, spraying is required with soft water at room temperature, it is better to place the plant in a tray with wet gravel; in winter spray at high temperatures. |
| Lighting | A bright diffused light is required. Suitable south-east window, but it should be protected from the midday rays. Also, the plant tolerates penumbra. |
| The soil | It requires rich in humus soil on the basis of peat with the addition of sand. For a soil of own preparation to take: 1 part of humus, 1 part of coarse sand or perlite, 1/2 parts peat or humus ground sheet portion 1, can add coal pieces. Good drainage is required, for example, the lower layer of bricks, the top layer of sand (pH 6). |
| Watering | Abundant, in the summer every 3-6 days, the land should be constantly wet; in winter, watered occasionally, not permitting the drying of the earthy coma. |
| Fertilizer | During growth, fertilizer is applied weekly, in winter – approximately once a month. |
| Reproduction | Upper cuttings at a soil temperature of 68 ° F. Cuttings (6-8 cm long) are rooted in a mixture of peat and sand. Bottom pair of leaves removed and the sections were treated kornevinom. For rooting, cover the stalk with a film.You can propagate seeds that are planted in separate pots to a depth of 1.5 cm, germinate at a temperature of not less than 69,8 ° F. Seeds quickly lose their germination, so it is better to sow them immediately after receipt. Otherwise, they can be stored in a plastic bag for a month in the refrigerator. (Korinokrapusa seeds are poisonous!) Seedlings germinate and grow quickly. After 2 months they can reach a height of about 40 cm. When transplanting seedlings, you need to be careful not to break their long root. |
| Bloom | Young plants corynocarpus practically do not bloom. Adults bloom in small greenish flowers in the spring. Of the flowers formed orange fruits that are poisonous |
| Transfer | Until the age of three, they are transplanted annually in spring into a pot 2-3 cm larger than the previous one. The old plants are transplanted every 2-3 years. |
| Features of care | Corynocarpus quite well branched even without topping. The plant prefers well provetridaemye premises. The stagnant air conditions corynocarpus often sick. |
| Difficulties | Amazed scale insects, spider mites, aphids, scale insects, whiteflies. The leaves become shallow with a lack of light or nutrients. Leaves and buds fall off with a lack or excess of moisture or from dry air, the plant can also discard leaves from a sharp temperature drop. Corynocarpus often affected with various diseases, particularly spider mites, with heat content in the dry air. Sometimes on branches with a lot of berries the leaves begin to turn yellow and fall off, this is normal, in the future such branches can be cut. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | Corynocarpus fruits are poisonous because they contain glycoside korokina. Other parts of the plant are also poisonous. |
