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Accession Data:

Operculicarya decaryi H.Perrier

  • Common Name: Elephant Tree, Jabily
  • Family: Anacardiaceae Lindl.

  • Country of Origin: Madagascar

  • Culture: Grow drier in winter, especially when young, full to partial sun, minimum indoor temp 60 degrees.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201100179
  • Source: Logee's
  • Accession Date: 04-13-2011
  • Bench: 2203 - XER:Spiny Thicket/Socotra/S Africa
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-19-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Sapindales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Anacardiaceae
  • SubFamily: Spondiadoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Madagascar

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 20 November 2014.

data regenerated on Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:57:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Spondiadoideae

  • Harpephyllum caffrum
  • Operculicarya decaryi
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