Goupia glabra is a large, fast-growing tropical forest tree from northern South America, reaching up to 50 m, usually evergreen. It is a timber and wild-fruit tree rather than a garden plant, so care notes apply mainly to young trees.
Family
Goupiaceae (Goupi family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep young trees evenly moist in the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or sandy loam.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Panama to S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical
About
Goupia glabra (goupie or kabukalli; syn. G. paraensis, G. tomentosa) is a species of flowering plant in the family Goupiaceae (formerly treated in the family Celastraceae). It is native to tropical South America, in northern Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
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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.