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Myrospermum frutescens
Cercipo is a shrub or tree of the legume family from tropical America, ranging from Mexico to Venezuela and Trinidad. It is very adaptable, growing well in full sun across a range of soils, and tolerates dry conditions.
Myrospermum frutescens, the cercipo, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It ranges from central Mexico through Central America to Colombia and Venezuela.
It is a tree of continental tropical America distributed from Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. It is native to lowlands and mid-elevations, in humid or very humid forests of the American tropics, often found in semi-arid conditions. A very adaptable plant, it can tolerate average daily temperatures up to 35 °C and an average annual rainfall of 500 to 1500 mm. It requires a sunny position, succeeding in a variety of soils. In Venezuela it is frequent in the warm coastal areas and in the dry forests of Los Llanos. It acquires greater dimensions in the northeastern region of the country, particularly in the states of Anzoátegui and Sucre, at altitudes higher than 800 m above sea level.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrospermum frutescens 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.
