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Dalbergia miscolobium

Dalbergia miscolobium
Photo: João de Deus Medeiros, CC BY 2.0

Dalbergia miscolobium is a slow-growing evergreen tree from seasonally dry tropical areas of Bolivia and Brazil, valued for its light bluish-green foliage. It is grown mainly as an ornamental and street tree in Brazil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; tolerates seasonal drought.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and sandy soils.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect from frost below 5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Bolivia to Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Dalbergia miscolobium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Bolivia and Brazil. A slow-growing evergreen tree reaching 16 m (52 ft), it is considered "very ornamental" due to its light, bluish-green leaves. It is used as a street tree in a number of Brazilian cities.

Other Dalbergia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalbergia miscolobium 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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