INDIGENOUS NAME: GUANHUMA

~Anacahuita~
Cordia superba

Native of eastern rainforests of Brazil
Brazilian Olive

Baba-de-Boi

A very pretty flowering evergreen tree, the Anacahuita or Brazilian Cordia (Baba-de-boi) produces bright white flowers that contrast with its deep green foliage. When mature it stays small and develops a pleasing rounded canopy.

You are bidding on * live seedlings with vigorous root systems * inches tall with * leaves born and growing in a small pot for ease of transplant.

This rainforest native of eastern Brazil may be easily confused with the more cold-hardy Texas olive (Cordia boissieri), which has similar white flowers with a few exceptions; Brazilian Cordia's flowers are pure white and do not have brownish-yellow throats.

Very popular small trees adorned through much of the spring and summer with large clusters of showy white flowers. It is indigenous to the rainforests of eastern Brazil. Preference for sandy, gravely, well drained soils. Requires ample water to become established, after which it is generally considered quite water efficient.

Cold tolerant plant, can take light freeze.

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~Brazilian Olive~

The glossy deep green leaves of Brazilian Cordia are long, elliptical and stiff. Depressed veins make each leaf look quilted. Tiny teeth or notches may appear on the leaf edges.

Flowers are displayed in loose clusters on the branch tips. Potentially blooming anytime of year, the snow white flowers are most prolific from late spring to early fall when temperatures are warmest. Each blossom is funnel-shaped with five crinkled lobes. The blossom throat is white to palest yellow.
After pollination by insects, small cherry-sized fruits appear. Fruits have dirty ivory skins with a sticky texture.

Grow the tropical Brazilian Cordia in full sun to partial shade and fertile sandy soil with good drainage. This tree is heat and drought tolerant but needs summer moisture to perform best. It also prospers in oppressive humidity. Use it as a small specimen tree for the landscape or street side. The fruits attract hungry songbirds.

 

 

Hardiness:

USDA Zone 10a-11: to -1.1 °C (30-40 °F)

Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Bloom Color: White/Near White

Bloom Time: Mid Summer/Early Fall

Foliage: Evergreen, Velvet/Fuzzy-Textured, Leathery-Textured

Other details: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping

Soil pH requirements:  6.1 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)

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Read more about Brazilian Olive in Portuguese

 

INDIGENOUS NAME: GUANHUMA comes from the Tupi-Guarani and means 'sticky fruit' because of the gelatinous and sticky aryl groups.

It is also called Aloe, ox Baba, Carapiá, Raft Field and Ranhenta. Origin: It is found in barns and Shrublands northern and semideciduous forest (which lose their leaves in a time of year) and in the coastal rainforest from the state of Maranhão to Paraná, the borders of streams and humid forests.
Features: straight trunk Tree with fissured bark (with wrinkles in the longitudinal direction), with grayish brown and thick, cylindrical crown medium width. The tree grows 4-8 m tall. The leaves are simple and rough to touch the inner page, measuring from 8 to 19 cm long by 4 to 7.5 cm wide with serrated edges, with cartácea texture (such as cardboard) and glabrescent to be easily identified (almost hairless on the upper surface) and hispida (with the stiff) near the ribs on the underside.

The flowers are born in corymbs terminals (bunches of flowers that come from different points of the same base or axis and end in the same height) with stalk (stem or support) from 5 to 12 cm. Each flower measures 4 to 5 cm length of 3 to 4.2 cm in diameter when opened and can be easily identified by having the cup (outer shell) of a brown, puberula (sand covered) and tomentose (covered fluff).

The fruits are ovate berries, white when fully mature and crowned by the cup containing translucent and sticky aril involving an oblong seed (longer than wide) cream-colored.

Tips for cultivation:

Tree of rapid growth, with beautiful flowering and grown as an ornamental and urban trees or in parking lots. It can be grown throughout tropical or subtropical climates, at any altitude as it adapts to any type of soil, and that drain rainwater or even clay soils subject to flooding on the river banks. The plant also resistant to frosts up to - third degree and dry up to 5 months without rain.

Fruiting starts with 2-3 years depending on the soil and cultivation.

Planting: Can be planted in full sun or in reforestation mixed for use of wood or of fruits that feed various birds. The orchard is planted in a spacing of 4 m x 4 or 5 x 5 m in pits 50 cm in three dimensions; adding to 30 cm from the surface 6 kg of tanned and organic material, 1 kg of ashes, 500 g of limestone, mixing everything and leave tincture for 2 months. Planting should be done from October. Irrigate with 10 l of water per week during the first 2 months and mulch to keep moisture.

Uses: Fruits in the months of January to May. The ripe fruits acquire the white coloring and the stern is transparent, sticky sweet and acidic. The fruit can be consumed in-kind, although not greatly appreciated. The tree is widely cultivated in the urban afforestation and reforestation projects for its hardiness and rapid growth.

All good things take time, so I grow my plants and rare palms in my ebay store.

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Shipping

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For 2-3 winning auctions, the combined discount is 10% of the total Shipping and Handling charges.

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As each order is packed and prepared separately you will pay the quoted S/H charges individually per item. If you buy the same species in that item it does calculate out the discount (i.e.: additional items)

My stores' combined shipping is built in for same items rather than a varied selection. Domestic S/H includes postage, USDA certification and inspection, proper packing and delivery to Airport for prompt delivery. I can't really change any of these. If you want one of this and one of that, it is hard to discount much as each different species requires it's own prep, packing, then at USDA each has to be unwrapped and inspected then repacked. USDA requires me to clean and prepare every last piece before we drive them to the Inspection Station on the other side of the island. It takes my wife and I, 2-3 days to pack items and get ready to ship. The whole next day we drive around the island and get inspected (2-3 hours), then drive to the Airport Post Office to drop off. It takes the same work with the same type item if you can understand.

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 Small plants need protection from many things, wind, sun, dry-out. They do well just in the garage or living room. They need good light but not sunlight (full sun will burn small plants). Small pots dry-out easily. Just sitting in a shallow tray of water works well. The idea is to keep the plants from dehydrating.

 Be careful if you decide to re-pot. Re-potting voids any warranty. Plants are easily damaged with new/different mix. Use NO fertilizers (this may kill your plants). Proper care is critical upon arrival. Live Plants are NOT GUARANTEED to survive under your care. DO NOT expect any live plant to be GUARANTEED to remain alive. Plants are NOT GUARANTEED TO SURVIVE after you begin Care! Live arrival is guaranteed, eternal survival is up to you.

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