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Jupunba idiopoda

Jupunba idiopoda is a tropical tree in the pea family, native to southern Mexico and Central America, where it grows in lowland moist forests. It is rarely grown as an ornamental and is best suited to warm, humid tropical climates.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or sandy loam.
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Mexico to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Jupunba idiopoda is a species of plant of the genus Jupunba in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to Central America and southern Mexico, where it grows in lowland tropical moist forests. The species has a wide distribution and large population which is considered to be stable, so it is assessed as least concern by the IUCN.

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 idiopoda 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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