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Pincho palo de rosa

Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon

Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon is a rare tree native to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, reaching up to about 15 m tall. It is a wet tropical forest species that is seldom grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance for a tropical tree.

Family
Metteniusaceae (Mettenius family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral mix rich in organic matter.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Dominican Rep. to SW. & N. Puerto Rico
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon is a rare species of tree in the family Icacinaceae known by the common name pincho palo de rosa. It is native to Puerto Rico and Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic).

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon 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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