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Jamaican Blue Mahoe/Taliporiti elatum

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Largest in Florida located at Mr. Edison’s place:

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No one cares to look at the Jamaican National tree! You got to be ready to take it on the chin when posting in this thread…

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Bubba, I will contribute...I had one of these planted at the house on Big Pine Key, it had wonderful, huge, leathery foliage (like T. tiliaceum but much larger) and with very beautiful flowers. It flowered young and grew rather quickly but Hurricane Irma destroyed it (I think it can tolerate saltwater but ours was crushed by the surrounding trees when they all went over.) I knew it was native to Cuba and a popular common name is "Cuban Bast." (I wasn't aware of the Jamaican connection until I saw your post.) It should be grown more, although it has the potential to become an overpoweringly large tree over years in the right climate. It also will grow well in frost-free areas of California. There is a large, very old specimen (probably largest in California) at Elysian Park near Dodger Stadium in L.A. It even has its own brochure!

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Rancho Mirage, California | 33°44' N 116°25' W | 287 ft | z10a | avg Jan 43/70F | Jul 78/108F avg | Weather Station KCARANCH310

previously Big Pine Key, Florida | 24°40' N 81°21' W | 4.5 ft. | z12a | Calcareous substrate | avg annual min. approx 52F | avg Jan 65/75F | Jul 83/90 | extreme min approx 41F

previously Natchez, Mississippi | 31°33' N 91°24' W | 220 ft.| z9a | Downtown/river-adjacent | Loess substrate | avg annual min. 23F | Jan 43/61F | Jul 73/93F | extreme min 2.5F (1899); previously Los Angeles, California (multiple locations)

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Thank you. That is a beautiful Blue Mahoe, which appears as large as the Florida Champion at Edison’s!

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