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Sapindaceae
Wild ackee
Cupania americana
Also known as Angyen, Butter and eggs tree, Trigonis tomentosa, Cupania tomentosa
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tropical Tree · Caribbean Native · Canopy Tree · Sapindaceae · Specialist Collector · Wildlife Habitat · Tropical Garden · Shade Tree · South America · Rare
Wild ackee is a tropical canopy tree native to Caribbean and South American forests, best suited to warm, frost-free climates in USDA zones 10-12. It prefers well-draining, fertile soil with regular moisture and performs well in partial to dappled shade when young. This is a specialty collector's tree rarely found outside of tropical botanical gardens or specialist nurseries.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply and evenly, allowing the top inch of soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 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
- Brazil North, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle
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