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Podocarpus guatemalensis
Podocarpus guatemalensis is a shrub or small conifer tree from wet tropical highlands of Central and northern South America, grown mainly as an ornamental or for timber. It is best kept in a sheltered, frost-free spot with moist, well-drained soil.
Podocarpus guatemalensis (British Honduras yellowwood, ocotillo de llano, cypress de montaña, cipresillo, alfajillo, pinillo, palo de oro, piño de montaña) is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae.
Podocarpus guatemalensis is a shrub and/or small tree native to Guatemala and found throughout southern Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama in Central America, as well as in Venezuela and Colombia in northern South America.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Podocarpus guatemalensis 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.
