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Condalia hookeri (Brazilian bluewood; bluewood; lotebush)

Synonyms: Condalia obovata; Condalia obovata var. angustifolia; Condalia obovata var. edwardsiana

Infraspecies

Condalia hookeri var. edwardsiana (Edwards' bluewood)
Condalia hookeri var. hookeri

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Medium
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-High
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Shade Percentage [1]  87 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [4]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  A blue dye is obtained from the wood; Wood - very heavy, hard, dense, close-grained; The dense heartwood is a brilliant red colour and has been used to make ornamental objects; It burns with an intense heat and is valued as a fuel;
Height [2]  6.56 feet (2 m)
Width [1]  25 feet (7.6 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Water Use [1]  Moderate
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Predators

Toxostoma curvirostre (Curve-billed Thrasher)[5]
Toxostoma longirostre (Long-billed Thrasher)[5]
Toxostoma rufum (Brown Thrasher)[5]
Tyrannus couchii (Couch's Kingbird)[6]
Zenaida asiatica (White-winged Dove)[5]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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