Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Ximenia americana

tallowwood, hog-plum
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Lampkin, Nature Coast FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

tallowwood, hog-plum

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Ximenia americana

Familia:

Olacaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

10-20 (25) ft tall by 10-20 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

yellow

Fenología:

deciduous

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Thorns

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Hedge plant, wildlife plant. Large shrub which can be trained as a tree in the right conditions. Crown is narrow and irregular and the trunks and branches are crooked or twisting.

Consideraciones:

Has thorns.

Disponibilidad:

Seed

Propagación:

Seed

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Stays wet -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray.

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam, Lime Rock, Organic

pH del suelo:

adaptable

Apto para cultivo en:

9A,9B,10A,10B,11

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Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Attracts pollinators, especially bees.  Documented bees in clude Agapostemon splendens, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Dialictus placidensis, Coelioxys germana, Megachile mendica, Melissodes communis , and Apis mellifera (honeybee) (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Birds and other wildlife will eat the fruit.

Hábitats nativos:

Scrub, xeric hammocks, swamps.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Edible fruits. Fruit has also been used to make soap and cosmetics.

Comentarios generales:

May be semi-parasitic on the roots of other plants which makes it challenging to grow. Best planted near a potential host such as an oak. May die back in winter in northern parts of its range,
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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