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Description

Common name:

Cocoplum

Category:

Trees, Shrubs

Family:

Chrysobalanaceae

Light:

Sun growing, Semi shade

Water:

Normal, Can tolerate less

Primarily grown for:

Foliage

Flowering season:

Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year, Flowers are inconspicuous

Flower or Inflorescence color:

Yellow

Foliage color:

Green

Plant Height or length:

4 to 6 meters

Plant Spread or Width:

2 to 4 meters

Plant Form:

Irregular, Spreading

Special Character:

• Rare Plant or difficult to get plant
• Good for making bonsai
• Good for Topiary
• Good for screening
• Good for Hedges and Borders
• Attracts birds
• Attracts bees
• Evergreen trees
• Suitable for avenue planting
• Salt or salinity tolerant
• Good on seaside

Plant Description:

- Origin - Trop. America to Trop. Africa
- Leaves - simple, rich green, almost round, shiny and leathery.
- Flowers - inconspicuous, greenish white, in erect clusters at leaf axils.
- Fruit - a drupe, to 4 cm, pink, crimson, whitish or purple, fleshy, edible, seed oily.

Growing tips:

- Easy plant to grow.
- Requires sandy soils with good drainage.
- Regular irrigation will keep the plant green.