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Pachira sessilis, known as yuco de monte, is a neotropical tree from Central America to Colombia, distinguished by palmate leaves with indented tips and dark red flowers. It is rarely grown as a houseplant, so care is based on its wet tropical native climate.
Pachira sessilis is a neotropical tree in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae and is native to Central America. Its common name is yuco de monte. The leaves are palmately divided with 5 to 7 leaflets, but differ from other Pachira species in having indented leaf tips. The large flowers are similar in form to those of Pachira aquatica but smaller and dark red.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pachira sessilis 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.
