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Jupunba piresii

Jupunba piresii is a tropical tree in the legume family, native to northern Brazil. It is a wild rainforest species rarely grown in cultivation, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Temperature
Wet tropical climate; likely needs warmth year-round, frost-free.
Native range
N. Brazil (to N. Mato Grosso)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Jupunba piresii is a species of plant of the genus Jupunba in the family Fabaceae. The species is native to northern Brazil, including the state of Pará and ranging south to northern Mato Grosso. It was first published by Rupert Charles Barneby and James Walter Grimes in Acta Amazonica 14(1/2): 96, fig. 1. 1984[1986].

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 piresii 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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