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Pipli

Exbucklandia

Pipli
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0

Exbucklandia is a genus of evergreen trees in the witch hazel family, mostly 16 to 20 metres tall, grown in India and China for its foliage and timber. The key to growing it is giving young trees protection from grazing animals and patience, since they grow slowly at first.

Family
Hamamelidaceae (Hamamelid family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist while young, especially in dry spells.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loamy soil.
Temperature
Mild subtropical to warm temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Exbucklandia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae. They are medium to large trees whose natural range is from eastern India through southern China and southward through the Malay Peninsula. In India and China, they are widely cultivated for their impressive foliage and valuable lumber. A few have been grown in the southernmost parts of the United States. To speakers of English, Exbucklandia is generally known as the Pipli tree, from the Bengali name for the species Exbucklandia populnea.

How to grow it

Propagation is usually by seed, but cuttings have been successful under favorable conditions. Plantations of the young trees must be fenced against cattle and deer which eat whatever leaves they can reach. If Exbucklandia is grown in the open, the trunk forks and branches are retained close to the ground. In the forest, where it usually grows, the trunk is single, straight, and free of branches for 9 to 18 metres. Saplings grow slowly for the first few years, then more quickly later on.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Exbucklandia 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.

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