Mazhar Botanic Garden

Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol.ex Correa

Pacific rosewood

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000340
Common name: Pacific rosewood,
English name: Indian Tulip tree, Portia tree
Arabic name: سيسسبيسيا
Native: The old world tropics
Country: India
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen tree to 10 m high leaves simple, deep green, cordate-ovate, long-petioled, glossy flowers pale yellow , deepening to purple-pink aborting in 24 hours fruit a capsule to 35 cm depressed-globose

Ph:  6-74 neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline and saline soils

Soil:  light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil

Ornamental plant. Coastal area. Medicinal. Street tree

Hibiscus populifolius Salisb, Hibiscus populneus L

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Coastal area
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds - cuttings
Flowering time: All year
Zone: 10 : 10b
pH range: 5.5 -7.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Shop garden
Plant Uses: Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Neutral

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