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Aspidosperma vargasii

Aspidosperma vargasii
Photo: Mo18ekula, CC0

Aspidosperma vargasii is a tropical timber tree from northern South America and the Caribbean islands of Venezuela, grown for its hardwood rather than as a garden plant. It is a large forest tree and is not practical to grow in home gardens.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; not frost tolerant

About

Aspidosperma vargasii is a timber tree native to Venezuela (including the Venezuelan islands in the Caribbean), Colombia, Peru, Guyana, and Suriname.

9-Methoxyolivacine [16101-08-9] is an alkaloid found in the bark of Aspidosperma vargasii together with N-methyltetrahydroellipticine.

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 vargasii 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.

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