Verawood bulnesia arborea richard lyons nursery, inc. Coastal region of colombia and venezuela, common on the dry foothills between porto cabello and lake maracaibo. This page was last edited on 12 december 2019, at 20. Occasionally 100 ft tall but usually 40 to 50 ft with a trunk diameter of 14 to 20 in boles slender, straight, and of rather good form, free of branches. The main ornamental value of bulnesia is the brilliant yellow flowers displayed for 2 or 3 months during the warm season. The plant list includes scientific plant names of species rank for the genus bulnesia. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants. Bulnesia arborea verawood freund flowering trees inc. Pdf a numericaltaxonomic study of the genus bulnesia. Cluster analysis, ordination and simulation of evolutionary trees. This is a tropical tree and it is best to avoid freezing temperatures. Isozyme variation for 14 enzyme systems was studied in two diploid tropical species of bulnesia zygophyllaceae, b.
Bulnesia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, zygophyllaceae. Bulnesia arborea verawood pfaf plant database plants for a future. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about bulnesia species, vera, verawood bulnesia arborea supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at daves garden. Bulnesia is an excellent, lowgrowing tree for small yards, patios and other smallscale landscapes. Zygophyllaceae vera, verawood, vera wood, maracaibo lignum vitae origin. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It can be grown as a multistemmed clump or can be trained into a small tree with a single trunk up to 6 to 10 feet tall. Fourteen most parsimonious cladograms were generated with 26 steps and a very high consistency index of 0.
Resawing lignum vitae hardest wood on earth without guides on bandsaw. Cladistic analyses of the genus was performed using 90 characters from seed protein electrophoresis. Bulnesia arborea maracaibo lignumvitaerhs gardening. The plant list includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus bulnesia. Bulnesia arborea, vera, verawood, vera wood, maracaibo. A numericaltaxonomic study of the genus bulnesia zygophyllaceae. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Slow growing evergreen can be fund in the the dry tropical forest area therefore can resist drought very well. View picture of bulnesia species, vera, verawood bulnesia arborea at daves garden.
Other common names maracaibo lignumvitae verawood family zygophyllaceae. Bulnesia arborea is a species of flowering plant in the creosote subfamily larreoideae of. Argentine lignum vitae bulnesia sarmientoi and verawood bulnesia arborea are not lignum vitae and are probably. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The tree has compound leaves and displays golden yellow flowers during summer months. This is in contrast with the related genus bulnesia. Vera wood is an evergreen canopy tree cultivated for its butteryyellow flowers and valuable hard and heavy timber. Related to the true lignum vitae trees, it is known as maracaibo lignum vitae or like its relative b. The characters used have been obtained after studies on 29 samples see table 1.
Distribution and function of epistomatal mucilage plugs esalq. The tree eventually grows about 20 to 30 feet tall and has an spreading, rounded, finely. Isozyme variation in diploid tropical and octoploid. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms. Vera wood is a mighty fine little tree north county current. The estimated proportions of polymorphic loci for the tropical species appear low, 28. Pdf conservation of the palo santo tree, bulnesia sarmientoi. Native to colombia and venezuela, this slowgrowing evergreen can be found inhabiting dry tropical forests. They are close relatives of the true lignum vitae trees of genus guaiacum.
Vera wood was introduced from venezuala to south florida by dr. Among commercially available hardwoods it is widely regarded as the. Treeworld wholesale offers finest varieties of south florida bulnesia arborea tree. Bulnesia arborea a tree that inhabits a part of the gran chaco area in south america, around the argentinaboliviaparaguay border. Vera wood bulnesia arborea is a south american member relative of lignum vitae, and of the sunshine yellowflowered puncturevine sprawling across sandy weedy places and. Pdf phylogenetic relationships within the new world subfamily. Bulnesia arborea bulnesia, verawood tree vera wood is a beautiful tropical tree native to colombia and venezuela. Bulnesia arborea mounts botanical garden palm beach county, florida dsc03765. Bulnesia arborea is a species of flowering plant in the creosote subfamily larreoideae of family zygophyllaceae. Examples for high plug density are bulnesia arborea. Bulnesia arborea is an evergreen tree growing to 15 m 49ft by 16 m 52ft at a slow rate. Vera wood or bulnesia arborea is an evergreen tree native to colombia and venezuela.
North, central, south not a problem species undocumented assessment status. Species relationships in bulnesia as shown by seed protein. This page was last edited on 15 september 2017, at 01. Bulnesia zygophyllaceae is a south american genus consisting of nine species distributed into two subgenera. General information verawood is a slowgrowing, evergreen tree that can reach up to 30 metres in height but is more commonly 12 15 metres tall. Verawood bulnesia arborea posted on june 2, 20 by steve turner august 5, 2016 verawood is a tree with a spreading, rounded growth habit, which creates dense shade under its canopy. Bulnesia arborea maracaibo lignumvitae join the rhs today and get 12 months for the price of 9. Facts are sorted by community importance and you can build your personalized lexicon. Of the family zygophyllaceae it is cultivated for its butteryyellow flowers and valuable hard and heavy timber called vera wood or maracaibo lignum vitae. Source plants faster than ever with our revolutionary plant search engine.
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