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Dalbergia retusa is a tropical hardwood tree from the pea family, native to the Pacific side of Central America and northern South America, prized for its dense cocobolo timber. It is a forest tree that needs warm, humid tropical conditions and is not realistically grown as a houseplant.
Dalbergia retusa (Caviuna, Cocobolo, Cocobolo Prieto, Funeram, Granadillo, Jacarandáholz, Nambar, ñamba, Nicaraguan Rosewood, Palisander, Palissandro, Palo Negro, Pau Preto, Rosewood, Urauna) is a plant species in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Pacific regions of Central America, ranging from Colombia through Central America to southern Mexico. It produces the cocobolo wood.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dalbergia retusa 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.
