Pronunciation: burr-ret-ee-oh-KEN-tee-uh doo-MAH-see-eye
Common Name: none
Burretiokentia dumasii is one of the rarest of this genus, both in cultivation and in the wild. However, seed and occasionally young plants become available for sale and it is growing in California now (no adults… yet). It is one of the Burretiokentias, like koghiensis, with a nice colorful new leaf- this one red-brown in color. It is not readily apparent, otherwise, how this differs much from the other Burretiokentias, particularly koghiensis, which it also shares the pale, whitish, incomplete crownshaft morphology.
Appearance and Biology
- Habit: solitary with a crown of 10-12 feather leaves
- Height: 20' estimate
- Trunk: single; 4"-5" thick; deep green; prominently and closely ringed
- Crownshaft: incomplete; pale green with whitish tomentum on lower portion; 12" tall
- Spread: 12'
- Leaf Description: pinnate; flat; relatively wide leaflets, closely spaces; bright, shiny green; 6'-8' long
- Petiole/Leaf bases: short: 4"-6"; wide; light green with whitish tomentum
- Reproduction: monoecious
- Inflorescence: 12"-18" with very short peduncle- mostly stiff branches in all directions; from immediately below crownshaft; often multiple inflorescences at one time
- Fruit: spherical; 1/2" diameter; nearly spherical; pale green turning purplish when ripe
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Horticultural Characteristics
- Minimum Temp: 30F
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Dry Heat Tolerance: low to moderate
- Wind Tolerance: low
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Growth Rate: slow
- Soil Preference: adaptable
- Light Requirement: filtered light to partial sun with age
- Human Hazards: none
- Disease or Horticultural Problems: none yet
- Transplants?: unknown
- Indoor?: unknown
- Availability: very rare, but slowly becoming more available through some mail order sources
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