Mazhar Botanic Garden

Hymenaea courbaril L.

Courbaril

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001228
Common name: Courbaril
English name: West Indian locust
Native: Caribbean, Central and South America
Country: Brazil Caribbean Central america Mexico South America
(PGR): Rare

Large evergreen tree growing up to 40 m tall, spreading, umbrella-shaped crown bark smooth, grey sometimes mottled, with resin seeping from cracks leaves bifoliate, pinnately compound with two large, leathery, asymmetric, shiny leaflets flowers cream to white fragrant in dense terminal panicles fruit oblong pods 8-15 cm long, woody containing 1-6 seeds embedded in a dry, edible, sweet powdery pulp

Wood tree. Ornamental. Agroforestry, nitrogen- fixing

Hymenaea animifera Stokes, Inga megacarpa ME Jones

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Texture: Clay Moist Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Rainforest
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 9 : 11
pH range: 4.8-6.8

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