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Virola peruviana is a large Amazonian forest tree, reaching about 35 m, in the nutmeg family. It is not a grown ornamental or houseplant, and the care guidance here is limited to what is known about wild trees in wet tropical forest.
Virola peruviana is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. It is found in northern Brazil (Amazonas and Pará), Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It grows to a height of about 35 m (100 ft). The fruit is ellipsoidal, 14–24 mm long and 11–23 mm in diameter, forming groups of about 5 to 15.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Virola peruviana 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.
