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Cojoba arborea
Also called Royal Mahogany
Cojoba arborea, the wild tamarind, is a leguminous tree native from Mexico and the Caribbean south to Ecuador, reaching 15 to 18 m tall. It is a forest and open-site tree rather than a common garden plant, so care notes are mostly general.
Cojoba arborea, the wild tamarind, royal mahogany, everfresh tree, or lorito, is a leguminous tree of the family Fabaceae found in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America, southward to Ecuador in South America at elevations to 1,300 m (4,300 ft). The tree is not common in naturalized forests, but it can be found in open sites and transition zones.
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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.
