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Virola calophylla
Virola calophylla is a large evergreen rainforest tree from South America, reaching 5 to 25 m, and is not a common garden plant. It is grown mainly in its native wet tropical forests and is sought for its bark and seeds rather than for cultivation.
Virola calophylla is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. It is native to South America, namely Guyana, Suriname, northern and west-central Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia (Department of Amazonas, Department of Vaupés), Ecuador (Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbios) and Peru (Amazonas Region, Loreto Region, Madre de Dios Region, Puno Region, Ucayali Region).
The tree grows 5 to 25 metres (16 to 82 ft) tall and it is found in low elevation evergreen forests. The fruit is ellipsoid to ovoid and subglobular, 19 to 32 millimetres (0.75 to 1.26 in) long and 12 to 20 millimetres (0.47 to 0.79 in) in diameter in groups of 1 to 32.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Virola calophylla 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.
