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Bixaceae
Bototo
Cochlospermum vitifolium
Also known as Provision tree, Cochlospermum hibiscoides var. dasycarpum, Cochlospermum triphyllum, Pachira
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tropical Tree · Deciduous · Yellow Flowers · Central America · Ornamental · Drought Adapted · Medicinal · Exotic · Butterfly Garden · Large Shrub
Bototo thrives in warm, humid climates with bright indirect to partial sunlight and regular watering during the growing season. Reduce watering in the dry season as this deciduous tree is naturally adapted to seasonal drought. It grows best outdoors in tropical or subtropical gardens and is not suited to indoor cultivation.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist, then allow the top inch to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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