Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco 'Pendula'

Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco 'Pendula', or weeping white quebracho, is a weeping tree and a cultivar of Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco, the White Quebracho. It was first described by Spegazzini from Santiago del Estero, Argentina in 1910. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar.

Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco 'Pendula'
GenusAspidosperma
SpeciesAspidosperma quebracho-blanco
Cultivar'Pendula'
OriginArgentina

Description

A weeping tree with a leader and with arching branches hanging down.

Accessions

This cultivar does not seem to have been cultivated outside Argentina. It was first found in a natural population. No trees are known to survive though it may still occur wild.

Synonymy
  • Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco var. pendula Speg. (1910) [1]

References
  1. Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. Belgische Dendrologie Belge Archived March 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine 2009: 19-30.
  • "Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco 'Pendula'". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.


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