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Cojoba arborea

Wild tamarind, Lorito, Ardillo

Native Costa Rican  ornamental  tree which grows from Mexico to South America and the Antilles. The tree has a beautiful structure, fern like leaves, with dramatic interesting bright red orange oblong twisted fruit. The fruit has a whimsical sense of something out of a Dr. Seuss children's book. 

Plant Characteristics

Dimensions at Maturity
  • Height: 7 to 35 M

Leaves

 leaflets 20-42 pairs per pinna, from 0.7 to 1.5 cm long and 0.1 to 0.5 cm wide, linear, apex acute, glabrous, rachis and petiole ferruginous-pubescent. The leaves have a gland between each pair of pinnae.

Fruit
March through June 

Bloom Cycle

 March through May 

Additional Information

References

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=COAR9

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