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Aspidosperma myristicifolium

Aspidosperma myristicifolium
Photo: Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0
Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Costa Rica to Peru and Brazil (Acre)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aspidosperma myristicifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynacaeae. It is known as the care tigre, cara de tigre, costilla danto, or cruácrie.

The tree has a distinctly channelled trunk and is known to grow 50 metres (160 ft) high.

Where it grows

Aspidosperma myristicifolium grows in Northern Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru.

Other Aspidosperma plants

Aspidosperma australe · Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon · Aspidosperma darienense · Aspidosperma discolor · Aspidosperma excelsum · Aspidosperma macrocarpon · Aspidosperma megalocarpon · Aspidosperma olivaceum · Aspidosperma parvifolium · Red Peroba · Aspidosperma pyricollum · Aspidosperma pyrifolium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aspidosperma myristicifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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