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Thespesia grandiflora
Also called Maga Wood
Maga is a tree in the mallow family (Malvaceae), native to the humid limestone hills of Puerto Rico and widely planted there as an ornamental; its flower is Puerto Rico's national flower. Grown as a garden or street tree in warm, frost-free climates.
Thespesia grandiflora, most commonly known as maga and maga colorada ("red-colored maga"), and also erroneously referred to as amapola (a Puerto Rican term for hibiscus), is a tree in the Malvaceae family of the rosids clade endemic to Puerto Rico, where its flower is officially recognized as the national flower of Puerto Rico. Originally native to the humid, lower limestone mountains of the Cordillera Central and the Northern Karst Belt in the western and north-central regions of the main island, it grows everywhere in the archipelago due to its extensive cultivation. The maga is mostly used as an ornamental plant, but like the related portia, its wood is also valued for its durable timber. It is grown as an ornamental tree in Florida, Hawaii, Honduras, and various Caribbean islands.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thespesia grandiflora 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.
