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Aspidosperma ramiflorum

Aspidosperma ramiflorum
Photo: Jani Pereira, CC BY-SA 4.0

Aspidosperma ramiflorum is a timber tree of the dogbane family, native to seasonally dry tropical forests of eastern Bolivia and eastern and southern Brazil. It is grown mainly for its wood, and care is about giving it full sun and well-drained soil while it is young.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to match the seasonal dry periods of its native range.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor or rocky substrates.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 18–35 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Bolivia, E. & S. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

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Aspidosperma ramiflorum is a timber tree native to Brazil and Bolivia.

Other Aspidosperma plants

Aspidosperma discolor · Red Peroba · White Quebracho

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aspidosperma ramiflorum 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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