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Coinvine

Dalbergia ecastaphyllum

Also called Ti Ti

Coinvine
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0

Coinvine is a scrambling shrub or small tree of coastal mangrove swamps and brackish wetlands. It needs constantly moist to wet conditions and warm tropical heat, so it is grown outdoors in the tropics rather than as a houseplant.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil or root zone constantly moist to waterlogged; it tolerates brackish water.
Soil
Wet, muddy or sandy coastal soil; rich organic mix in cultivation.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 20–35 °C; damaged by frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. America, W. Trop. Africa to Angola
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dalbergia ecastaphyllum, the coinvine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical coastal areas on both sides of the Atlantic, and it has been introduced to India. A scrambling shrub or small tree, it is found in mangrove swamps and other brackish wetlands at elevations from 0 to 20 m (0 to 66 ft) above sea level. It is the source of Brazilian red propolis.

Other Dalbergia plants

Hluhluwe climber · Thailand rosewood · Cocobolo · Hwangdan · Indian rosewood · Dalbergia maritima · African blackwood · Dalbergia miscolobium · Brazilian rosewood · Climbing Flat Bean · Fragrant Rosewood · Burmese Rosewood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalbergia ecastaphyllum 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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