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I've been sharing rooted cuttings of an ethnobotanical treasure that has traditional uses ranging from hygiene to medicine, and everything from the leaves down to the roots are valued. A fast-growing West African evergreen that cannot become invasive (dioecious), known to some as Bitter Kola or Garcinia Kola, Latin name Garcinia Henckel.
Cannot produce fruit without both genders, but in the wild the fruit is known to be one of the most sour things around. The nut inside that fruit is quite valuable, but again: this is a cloned tree, and rare enough not to worry. On top of that, it's a threatened species so it would actually be awesome if it somehow produced fruit... supremely unlikely.
Used as "nanny" trees on cacao plantations, with height surpassing 45 feet tall in the right conditions. Last season I had one planted from cutting in early May, and by late November it averaged about 1'9" vertical gains per month in half-sun... even while I was actively topping for propagation, repeatedly diverting growth to the lower canopy.
This a Magick tree, and I think that it can be used to combat the Los Angeles "Urban Heat Island."
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