Mazhar Botanic Garden

Operculicaria decaryi H. Perrier

اوبركوليكاريا

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000023
Common name: اوبركوليكاريا
English name: Elephant tree
Native: Madagascar
Country: Madagascar

Shrub or small tree, succulent bonsai, very slow growing  trunk, parallel-sided, bottle-shaped, , barrel-shaped, globular or conical, 1-6 m tall 30-100 cm in diameter, bark irregularly tuberculate (warty-bumpy), fissured dark grey leaves paripinnate 25-6 cm long, with 5-7 pairs of leaflets, flowers unisexual, dark red 

Bonsai. Ornamental.

Texture: Calcareous Granite Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Desert
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds- cuttings
Flowering time: Winter
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 5.0-6.0

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