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Bursera hollickii

Bursera hollickii is a small tree from Jamaica, listed as critically endangered and rarely grown outside its native range. It is a seasonally dry tropical species that needs warmth, good drainage and plenty of sun.

Family
Burseraceae (Burser family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the soil dry out well between waterings; cut back sharply in the dry season.
Soil
Fast-draining, sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Jamaica
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Bursera hollickii is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica, and listed as critically endangered.

Bursera hollickii is a tree up to 6 metres (20 ft) tall with a trunk up to 25 cm (9.8 in) in diameter. Bark is reddish-gray outside, red inside. Leaves are up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long, clustered at the ends of twigs, thick and leathery with 3-7 leaflets. Flowers are in elongated racemes.

Other Bursera plants

Bursera aromatica · Bursera bipinnata · Cherry Leaf Elephant Tree · Bursera excelsa · Fragrant bursera · Bursera filicifolia · Bursera glabrifolia · Bursera grandifolia · Palo santo · Red Elephant Tree · Bursera lancifolia · Bursera laxiflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bursera hollickii 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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