Brazilian wood used to have a flower name.

Another name for Brazilian wood

Brazilian wood is an evergreen tree of the genus Liliaceae, also known as Brazilian iron tree, fragrant thousand-year-old wood, happy wood, striped thousand-year-old wood. The leaves of Brazilian wood are curved and arched, bright green and shiny, and the flowers are inconspicuously small and fragrant. It is a famous new generation of indoor foliage plants.

Common cultivated plants of the same genus are: Delilong blood tree, Fugui bamboo, silver star dragon blood tree and dragon blood tree and so on.

Morphological characteristics of Brazilian wood

Brazilian wood is an arboreal evergreen plant with a height of 6 meters.

Stem thick, much branched. Bark grayish brown or light brown, peeling off. The leaves are broad and robust. It is more than 1.2 meters long, with flat upper and lower ends, leaves at the top and interruption of grafting. The leaves are born at the top of the stem, 40cm long, 6cm wide, slightly obtuse, curved into a bow, with bright yellow or milky white stripes.

Leaf margin bright green, and wavy undulating, glossy, flowers small, yellowish green, fragrant. The root of the lower end is radial. Generally speaking, the distance between stems is 100, medium and short, and the proportion is 100, 70, 50 cm, which is carried together in a basin, so that the hair leaves look plump.

The origin and value of Brazilian wood

Brazilian wood is native to Guinea, Ethiopia and tropical southeast Africa. It is also distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia and America.

Brazilian wood is quite popular indoor large potted flowers and trees, especially in the wider living room, study, living room display, elegant style, simple, and with southern flavor. It is a beautiful, regular and world-famous new generation of indoor foliage plants.

A complete collection of Brazilian wood varieties

The common varieties are:

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Fragrant Dragon Blood Tree (Linderii) with yellowish leaf margin

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Massangeana, with yellow longitudinal stripes in the middle of its leaves.

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Phnom Penh Dragon Blood Tree (Victoriae) with dark yellow leaves with white edges

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The ornamental species of the same genus are tricolor dragon blood tree (D.concinnacv.Tricolor), with green leaves and yellow-white and red vertical stripes.

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Rainbow dragon blood tree (D.concinnacv.Rainbow) having yellowish leaf midrib, deep red margin, and light brown between midrib and margin.

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The dense leaf dragon blood tree (D.deremensis), of which the cultivated variety Bausei has dark green leaves and milky white broad bands in the center.

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Janet Craig (JanetCraig), leaf golden yellow

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Roehrsii, green and white leaves with golden stripes

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Golden RoehrsGold, beige leaf margin, grayish green in the center

10. Warneckei, with long sword-shaped leaves, twisted apex, dark green margin, light green midrib, white markings.

11. D.godseffiana having dark green leaves with yellow and milky white spots. Its cultivated variety FloridaBeauty has milky yellow spots on its leaves and Friedman has dark green leaves with white spots in the center and milky white spots on the edges. Queen Dragon Blood Tree (D.goldieana), with ovate leaves, with transverse light green and grayish white spots.

12. Seles (Celes), a cultivated variety of D.sanderiana, whose leaves are 1 cm to 2 cm wide, dark green and with white edges.

13. Phyllostachys pubescens (MargaretBerkery) with white stripes on the leaf margin

14. Phnom Penh Phyllostachys pubescens (Virescens) with yellow stripes on the leaf edge

15. Boringuesis, with dark green leaves and yellow-green fine stripes.

The living habits of Brazilian wood (how to raise it)

Brazilian wood likes a hot and humid climate.

It is highly adaptable to light and can grow under a little shade or sunlight, but it is better to be exposed to sunlight in spring, autumn and winter, and shade or indoor ventilation in summer.

Brazilian wood has strong vitality, needs only sunlight, air and very little water, and can live well with its own potential energy.

Brazilian wood is resistant to drought and not to waterlogging.

The growing season can be fully watered.

Brazilian wood is afraid of cold. In winter, the room should be kept in a sunny place and the temperature should be maintained at 5 ℃-10 ℃.

Brazilian wood is mostly used as an indoor ornamental plant for home or office, which is placed next to the sofa with great style.

Appreciation of Brazilian wood pictures