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Lonchocarpus sanctuarii

Lonchocarpus sanctuarii is a tropical forest tree from southeastern Mexico to Nicaragua, in the pea family. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care advice here is general and based on related tropical trees.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or a mix with compost.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Mexico to Nicaragua
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lonchocarpus sanctuarii is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to southeastern Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Other Lonchocarpus plants

Lonchocarpus castilloi · Lonchocarpus chiricanus · Lonchocarpus minimiflorus · Lonchocarpus molinae · Lonchocarpus phaseolifolius · Lonchocarpus phlebophyllus · Lonchocarpus pluvialis · Lonchocarpus retifer · Lonchocarpus salvadorensis · Lonchocarpus santarosanus · Lonchocarpus trifolius · Lonchocarpus violaceus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lonchocarpus sanctuarii 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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