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Hwangdan

Dalbergia hupeana

Also called Hardy Rosewood

Hwangdan
Photo: Ciftonia, Public domain

Hwangdan (Dalbergia hupeana), also called hardy rosewood, is a tree in the pea family from subtropical China, Vietnam, Laos and South Korea that can reach about 20 m. It is valued for its precious wood and is grown as a street tree in southern Chinese cities.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young, then allow the soil to dry slightly between waterings once established.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam; tolerates a range of soils.
Temperature
Suited to subtropical conditions, roughly 5–35 °C; protect young trees from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & S. China to Indo-China, SW. Korea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dalbergia hupeana, the hardy rosewood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to subtropical areas of Laos, Vietnam, southern and central China, and southwestern South Korea. In the wild it prefers to grow on forested or scrubby slopes.

A tree reaching 20 m (66 ft) with high heterozygosity, it is of economic significance as its wood is considered precious. It is used as a street tree in a number of southern Chinese cities.

Other Dalbergia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalbergia hupeana 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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