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Tecoma Stans Seeds
Tecoma Stans Seeds
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Cultivation and uses: It multiplies easily by seeds. Small tree that is easy to grow and requires mild climates and sunny exposure, flowering abundantly . In gardening it is usually seen more as a shrub than as a tree. The wood of this plant has some local applications.
Brief description of the species:
Small tree up to 4 meters. tall, the trunk is straight and the crown is rounded; The flowers appear in yellow clusters, very showy, arranged at the end of the branches; The fruits are pods of 20 to 30 cm. long.
Description of its habitat:
It lives in low and medium subdeciduous forests, preferably in secondary vegetation.
Traditional uses of the species:
It is widely used as an ornamental, and in traditional medicine, the leaves, root and bark are used to control diabetes.
Pollination is generally carried out by nectar-bearing birds such as hummingbirds and hummingbirds during the day. After the flowers are pollinated, long fruits develop, +/- 15 cm long with a cylindrical shape with acute apices. These fruits open when the seeds finish their development.
The young fruit has a green color that becomes more brownish as it matures.
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Tips for growing the Tecoma stans plant This is an extremely easy plant to maintain and we must even control its spread since it has a high invasive potential. Below are your basic cultivation requirements: Lightning :It should always be grown in full sun throughout the day. Young plants appreciate some light shade during the warmest hours of summer days. It is not a plant for the interior of the home; It is mainly grown to decorate garden exteriors. Temperature:It prefers to develop in climates where temperatures between 16ºC-28ºC predominate. Do not expose to temperatures below 8ºC and much less to frost. Contact with frost (snow) causes fatal damage to this species. Substratum:It grows best in sandy substrates with 60% mineral material, although it tolerates a wide variety of substrates. It requires a calcareous substrate, very aerated and that allows rapid drainage of water. Irrigation frequency:Water young specimens every 3 days if temperatures exceed 18ºC. Adult specimens can be watered every 15-20 days, although they survive perfectly with water from occasional rainfall. Plagues and diseases:It is a plant extremely resistant to attack by common garden pests. Mealybugs and aphids appear during the flowering season, attacking the inflorescences. Very healthy plants will rarely suffer serious infestations from these pests. Pruning:After flowering, it is necessary to perform intensive pruning of all branches to encourage future vigorous growth that will be accompanied by more flowers.
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