Bignoniaceae
Crescentia linearifolia
Crescentia linearifolia
Also known as Crescentia microcarpa
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Crescentia · Tropical · Tree · Central America · Caribbean · Bignoniaceae · Cauliflorous · Rare · Tropical Garden · Mexico
Crescentia linearifolia is a rare tropical tree from Central America and the Caribbean, valued for its unusual cauliflorous flowers that bloom directly on the trunk and branches. It thrives in warm, frost-free climates with partial to full sun and well-drained soil kept consistently moist. Best suited to tropical or subtropical gardens; not suitable for indoor cultivation except in large, warm conservatories.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly and allow the top inch of soil to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8.5
- Temperature
- 55°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-12b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 25 ft
- Spread
- 16.7 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Belize, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Puerto Rico
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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