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Jupunba ferruginea

Jupunba ferruginea
Photo: AMAP Lab - Guyane 2022, CC BY-SA 4.0

Jupunba ferruginea is a shrub or small tree from the wet tropical highlands of the Roraima tepui region of southeastern Venezuela and northern Brazil. Little cultivation information exists, so treat it as a tropical tree needing warm, humid, bright conditions.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
SE. Venezuela (Roraima-tepui) to Brazil (Serra do Sol)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Jupunba ferruginea is a species of plant of the genus Abarema in the family Fabaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to the tepuis Mount Roraima in southeastern Venezuela and Serra do Sol 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 var. moniliformis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jupunba ferruginea 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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