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Crinodendron patagua

Synonyms: Crinodendron dependens; Tricuspidaria dependens; Tricuspidaria hexapetala; Tricuspidaria patagua (homotypic); Tricuspis dependens

Wikipedia Abstract

Crinodendron patagua (Patagua) or (Lily of the valley tree), Evergreen tree that grows in Chile from 33° to 36° South latitude, up to 1200 m (4000 ft) above sea level in elevation. It lives in wet places and prefers ravines. An endangered associate tree is the Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis, whose distribution was much wider prehistorically. This tree reaches a height up to 10 m (33 ft). Leaves are simple, oblong with serrate margin. It produces white flowers with bell-shaped corolla of five petals, the fruit is a capsule which is orange-colored when mature.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0