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Bocconia arborea is a large shrub or small tree from Mexico and Central America, grown for its bold, deeply lobed leaves and sap-producing stems. It is a fast, vigorous plant that can become invasive where introduced, such as Hawaii.
Bocconia arborea is a species of flowering plant native to Mexico and Central America, and has been introduced elsewhere. It belongs to the family Papaveraceae.
Bocconia arborea is native to most of Mexico, absent mainly in the southern Baja California Peninsula and the Yucatan Peninsula with adjacent lowlands. In Central America it occurs in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. In Hawaii it has been introduced and become invasive. In Africa it is introduced in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. Also introduced into Zimbabwe.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bocconia arborea 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.
