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Xylosma tweediana, called sucará, is a spiny shrub or small tree from South America grown mainly for its shiny foliage and dense, rounded form. Give it full sun to part shade and well-drained soil, and protect it from hard frost.
Xylosma tweediana, colloquially known as sucará, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to South America.
Xylosma tweediana is native to South America, spanning Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. In Argentina, its extent includes the northeastern provinces of Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, and Misiones. Within Brazil, it is found primarily in the southeastern state of São Paulo and the southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. In Uruguay, the species is widely distributed, recorded in departments such as Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandú, Río Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San José, Soriano, Tacuarembó, and Treinta y Tres. Though not explicitly stated to have been introduced outside of its native range, it has been preserved in Mexico.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylosma tweediana 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.
