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Portia tree
Thespesia populnea
About
Thespesia populnea, commonly known as the portia tree, Pacific rosewood, Indian tulip tree, or milo, among other names, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is a tree found commonly on coasts around the world. Although it is confirmed to be native only to the Old World tropics, other authorities consider it to have a wider, possibly pantropical native distribution. It is thought to be an invasive species in Florida and Brazil.
- Family
- Malvaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Thespesia populnea
- Slug
- thespesia-populnea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Thespesia
- Species
- populnea
- Wikidata QID
- Q715739
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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