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Jupunba alexandri

Jupunba alexandri
Photo: K000297430 Kew, CC BY 4.0

Jupunba alexandri (synonym Abarema alexandri) is a tree in the pea and bean family, endemic to Jamaica, where it grows in woodland and thicket on limestone soils. It is a wild tropical forest tree rather than a common garden plant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then rely mostly on rainfall once established.
Soil
Well-drained, alkaline limestone-derived soils
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost
How easy
Hard
Native range
Jamaica
Climate
wet tropical

About

Jupunba alexandri (synonym Abarema alexandri) is a species of plant of the genus Jupunba in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree endemic to Jamaica, where it can be found in woodland or thicket on limestone soils.

Other Jupunba plants

Jupunba abbottii · Jupunba barbouriana · Jupunba curvicarpa var. rodriguesii · Jupunba zolleriana · Jupunba adenophora · Jupunba alexandri var. troyana · Jupunba asplenifolia · Jupunba auriculata · Jupunba brachystachya · Jupunba campestris · Jupunba cochleata var. moniliformis · Jupunba cochleata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jupunba alexandri 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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