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Guibourtia arnoldiana

Guibourtia arnoldiana is a large tropical hardwood tree from western Central Africa, grown mainly for its valuable timber rather than as a garden plant. It is not practical to cultivate in home gardens or as a houseplant.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Needs regular moisture when young in its native wet tropical climate, but is not a typical garden or houseplant subject.
Soil
Deep, well-drained tropical forest soils.
Temperature
Warm wet tropical conditions; not frost tolerant.
How easy
Hard
Native range
WC. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Guibourtia arnoldiana (mutenyé, benge, or mbenge) is a species of Guibourtia in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical western Africa from the Gabon, Republic of the Congo, western Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northernmost Angola (Cabinda).

It is a tree growing to 20–30 m tall, with a trunk 40–80 cm diameter.

Other Guibourtia plants

Akume · African Rosewoods

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guibourtia arnoldiana 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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