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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Acreditado en:

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. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

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