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Urunday

Myracrodruon urundeuva

Urunday
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0

Urunday is a timber tree of the seasonally dry tropical forests and savannas of South America, valued for its hard wood and as a source of nectar for bees. It grows best in full sun with a long dry season and is adapted to poor, well-drained soils.

Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; tolerates long dry spells.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and rocky soils.
Temperature
Warm conditions typical of tropical dry climates; protect young trees from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Bolivia to Brazil and N. Argentina
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Myracrodruon urundeuva (Portuguese common names: aroeira-do-sertão, aroeira preta, urundeúva, urindeúva, arindeúva) is a timber tree, which is often used for beekeeping. This plant is native to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, and it is typical of Caatinga, Cerrado, and Pantanal vegetation in Brazil.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myracrodruon urundeuva 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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