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Gymnopodium floribundum
Dzidzilche is a shrub or small tree of the buckwheat family from seasonally dry tropical forests of southern Mexico and northern Guatemala. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so cultivation advice is limited; it needs a warm, sunny spot with a dry season.
Gymnopodium floribundum is a species of woody plant mainly growing in tropical environments with long dry seasons. Occurring in southern Mexico and Guatemala, it belongs to the family Polygonaceae.
In southern Mexico, Gymnopodium floribundum occurs in the Yucatan Peninsula as well as in the states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Veracruz. It is also found in Belize and Guatemala.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnopodium floribundum 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.
