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Hildegardia cubensis is a large deciduous tree from Cuba, reaching about 20 m, and is rarely grown outside its native range. It is threatened by habitat loss and is not a common garden or houseplant.
Hildegardia cubensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae). The species is endemic to Cuba, and is threatened by habitat loss. In Cuba it is commonly known as Guana.
Hildegardia cubensis was first described in Urban Symbollae Antillianae vol. IX using specimens collected by Ekman in the municipality of Calixto García, eastern Cuba.
At the beginning of the 20th century large quantities of the precious wood were exported to Germany. The strong yellow bast was used to make sombreros and to bundle cigars. Due to its rareness, Hildegardia cubensis bast was substituted by raffia and similar palm leaves.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hildegardia cubensis 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.
