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Weinmannia pinnata
Bastard briziletto is a large shrub, sometimes a small tree, native to high-elevation cloud forests from Mexico through Central and South America to the Caribbean. It is seldom grown in gardens, and does best with cool, moist, humid conditions.
Weinmannia pinnata, commonly known as the bastard briziletto, is a species of tree in the family Cunoniaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. It typically grows in wet habitats at high elevations, and is one of the species found in dwarf forests perpetually wreathed in clouds.
In South America the species' range includes Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador and in Central America it ranges from Panama to Guatemala. It is also native to Mexico. In the Caribbean it is present on the arc of islands from Cuba to St Lucia. It grows in wet mountain forests; in Guatemala its elevation range is 2,000 to 3,100 m (6,600 to 10,200 ft). Along with Prestoea montana, Brunellia comocladifolia and Podocarpus coriaceus, it is present in the wet cloud forests on the ridges and summits of the Sierra de Luquillo mountains in Puerto Rico.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Weinmannia pinnata 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.
