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Platanus mexicana is a deciduous plane tree (Mexican sycamore) native to northeast and central Mexico and Guatemala, reaching about 24 m tall. It is a species rather than a genus, and it is grown mainly as a shade or landscape tree in warm climates.
Platanus mexicana is a species of plane tree that is native to Northeast and Central Mexico and Guatemala. It is also known as the Mexican sycamore.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Platanus mexicana 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.
