Mazhar Botanic Garden

Parmentiera cereifera Seem.

Candle tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000688
English name: Candle tree
Arabic name: شجرة الشمع
Native: Panama
Country: Panama
(PGR): Very rare

Evergreen small tree up to 3-9 m tall leaves trifoliate, petiole slightly winged, leaflets elliptic, ovate flowers solitary on old wood dull white-pink in color fruit capsules 30 - 60 cm long, and 1-2 cm of diameter, cylindrical, indehiscent, pendulous

Ornamental plant. fruits and seeds edible, raw or cooked. 

Parmentiera alata (Kunth) Miers

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 8 : 9
pH range: 6.1-6.5

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