Return to This Plant's Category:  Allamanda to Aphelandra, Iochroma Acnistus arborescens "Wild Tree Tobacco", "Hollowheart"
	Code: 69134 Price: $8.50
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Family: Solanaceae Related to Iochroma. Uncommon, small to medium-sized tree growing 10 to 20 ft. Soft bark is beige, corky with deep vertical ridges and fissures. Try growing orchids, tillandsias and other epiphytes on it's limbs. Very small 1/4" bell-shaped scented white flowers clustered on branches are followed by tiny orange tomato-like inedible fruits popular with birds. Plant has anti-cancer properties, but no nicotine derivatives, as common name would suggest. Subtropical, it will survive brief frosts. We're not sure of it's landscape value, but it might be of interest to collectors. Native to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

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