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Astronium fraxinifolium
Also called Kingwood, Locustwood, Zebrawood
Astronium fraxinifolium is a large hardwood timber tree from tropical South America, grown mainly for its striped wood rather than as an ornamental. It is not a practical houseplant, so the key to growing it is to match its tropical, seasonally dry climate outdoors.
Astronium fraxinifolium is a hardwood timber tree, which is native to Amazon rainforest, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. Common names include kingwood, locustwood, tigerwood, and zebrawood. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. It is grouped with two other species of Astronium under the Portuguese name gonçalo alves, also known as tigerwood.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astronium fraxinifolium 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.
