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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 6 to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 12 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: Curly pods containing small, pale yellow seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Other: Aging to yellow.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Flowering Tree
Useful for timber production
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds: If seeds have been stored it will help with germination to soak in warm water for 12 to 24 hours before sowing.
Days to germinate: 8 to 20 days
Other info: Best to sow when ripe; expected germination rate of less than 20%
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Critically Endangered
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Common names
  • Jurema
  • Brazilian Raintree
  • Tatare
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Chloroleucon tortum
  • Synonym: Pithecellobium tortum

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Location: Indiana State fair
Date: 2014-08-08
makes a nice bonsai
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: March 2013
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: March 2013
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
Bonsai exhibit at Selby Gardens
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: March 2013
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: March 2013
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: March 2013
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
Bonsai exhibit at Selby Gardens

Date: 2018-11-15

Date: 2018-11-15

Date: 2018-11-15
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