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Parkia velutina, known as corezeiro, is a large rainforest tree from tropical South America that can reach about 40 m. It is a species of the pea and bean family and needs space and warm, humid tropical conditions rather than houseplant care.
Parkia velutina (common name corezeiro) is a rainforest tree growing to 40 m high, native to tropical South America. It belongs to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The leaves are tripinnate, with 30–45 pairs of primary pinnae (rarely as few as 17 pairs, or up to 55 pairs) arranged opposite or subopposite on the leaf rachis. Each pinna has 40–110 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are produced in a compound, pear-shaped inflorescence, and are pollinated by bees of the genus Megalopta.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parkia velutina 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.
