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Pisonia ekmanii is a small tree found only in the Sierra de Nipe of eastern Cuba, growing on serpentine soil in dry, spiny shrubland. It is critically endangered in the wild, so it is mainly of conservation interest rather than a common garden plant.
Pisonia ekmanii is a species of flowering plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is a tree endemic to the Sierra de Nipe of eastern Cuba, where it is locally known as chicharrón sapo. It grows in spiny xeromorphic shrubland on serpentine soil from 350 to 700 meters elevation. It is known from four sites. Habitat degradation from mining, frequent fires, and deforestation have fragmented and diminished the species population and range, and the IUCN assesses the species as critically endangered.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pisonia ekmanii 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.
