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Cocobolo

Dalbergia granadillo

Cocobolo
Photo: Stephen Ondich, CC BY-SA 4.0

Cocobolo (Dalbergia granadillo) is a slow-growing tree from seasonally dry tropical Mexico and El Salvador, reaching about 20 m. It is rarely grown as a garden plant, and it is listed as Critically Endangered in the wild due to illegal logging.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry between waterings, as it is adapted to a seasonal dry climate.
Soil
Well-drained soil or potting mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & S. Mexico to El Salvador
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Dalbergia granadillo, the granadillo (a name it shares with a number of other plants) or zangalicua, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to central and southern Mexico, and El Salvador. A slow-growing tree reaching 20 m (66 ft), it is listed as Critically Endangered due to illegal logging of mature individuals.

Other Dalbergia plants

Hluhluwe climber · Thailand rosewood · Coinvine · 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 granadillo 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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