Barbasco
Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus
- Native to:
- Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game,British Museum - Natural History Museum's Biodiversity Informatics Group.,Jean-Baptiste-Christophe FUSÉE-AUBLET (1720-1778),Higbee, Edward Counselman, 1910-,Johann Baptist von Spix e Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius,Rochleder, Friedrich, 1819-1874,Puerto Rico Experiment Station United States. Office of Experiment Stations,Spix, Johann Baptist von, 1781-1826, author,Puerto Rico Experiment Station United States. Office of Experiment Stations,Secretariat of the United Nations,Virgin Islands. Agricultural Experiment Station, St. Croix United States. Dept. of the Interior United States. Office of Experiment Stations,Spix, Johann Baptist von, 1781-1826 Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873 Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von, 1794-1868
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Fabaceae
- Genus:
- Lonchocarpus
- Species:
- Lonchocarpus heptaphyllus
- USDA Symbol:
- LONI3
Growth Characteristics
- Height:
- 2000 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Medium
- Bloom Months:
- mar,apr,may
- Bloom Colors:
- pink, purple
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Wildlife Value:
- bees, butterflies
Propagation & Germination
- Scarification:
- Seed coat scarification required before sowing
- Notes:
- Hard seed coat typical of Fabaceae; scarification improves germination.
The above propagation data sourced from Claude AI