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Virola carinata is a large tropical evergreen tree of the South American rainforest, growing to about 30 m, and is not a garden or houseplant. It is grown only as a timber or forest tree in its native range.
Virola carinata is a New World, tropical evergreen tree in the family Myristicaceae. It is native to Bolivia, northern and west-central Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. It grows to a height of about 30m and its fruit is subglobular, 16–20 mm long and 17–19 mm in diameter, found in groups of 4 to 12.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Virola carinata 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.
