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Jupunba cochleata var. moniliformis

Jupunba cochleata var. moniliformis
Photo: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), CC BY 4.0

Jupunba cochleata var. moniliformis is a rare tree in the pea and bean family, native to the terra firme Amazon rainforest around Manaus in northern Brazil. It is not a commonly grown plant, so care guidance is mainly general to tropical legume trees.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while young and water during dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic forest-type soil or a loose potting mix with organic matter.
Temperature
22–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard

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Jupunba cochleata var. moniliformis is a vulnerable variety of legume. It is a tree endemic to terre firme Amazon rainforest around Manaus in northern Brazil.

Other Jupunba plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jupunba cochleata var. moniliformis 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.

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