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Aspidosperma parvifolium

Aspidosperma parvifolium
Photo: Daderot, Public domain

Aspidosperma parvifolium is a medium to large timber tree from the dogbane family, native to South America, mainly Brazil. It is grown mainly for its hardwood and for forest restoration, and needs warm, frost-free conditions.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil; tolerates a range of soil types.
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Venezuelan Antilles to S. Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Aspidosperma parvifolium is a timber tree native to Brazil, which is typical of Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Caatinga, and Pantanal vegetation. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. In addition, it is useful for beekeeping.

Other Aspidosperma plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aspidosperma parvifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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