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Aspidosperma subincanum

Aspidosperma subincanum
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0

Aspidosperma subincanum is a timber tree from the seasonally dry tropical woodlands and Cerrado of Brazil and Bolivia. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so its care is mainly relevant to forestry and restoration planting.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young trees regularly until established, then rely on seasonal rain; it tolerates dry spells.
Soil
Well-drained soils, including the sandy or lateritic soils of the Cerrado.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect young plants from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Brazil to Bolivia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Aspidosperma subincanum is a timber tree native to Brazil and Bolivia. It is common in Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in 1838.

Other Aspidosperma plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aspidosperma subincanum 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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