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Dalbergia occulta

Dalbergia occulta is a rare tree from Madagascar in the legume family, known from very few collections and not commonly grown. Care needs are poorly documented, so it is best treated like other seasonally dry tropical Dalbergia trees.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply when the top of the soil is dry, and let it dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Madagascar
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Dalbergia occulta is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to Madagascar. Its original description was based on a single collection, which explains its botanical name (from the Latin word occultus "hidden, concealed").

Other Dalbergia plants

Dalbergia acariiantha · Dalbergia andapensis · Hluhluwe climber · Dalbergia assamica · Dalbergia aurea · Dalbergia baronii · Dalbergia bathiei · Dalbergia bojeri · Dalbergia boniana · Dalbergia brachystachya · Dalbergia bracteolata · Dalbergia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalbergia occulta 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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