Pink Cedar
Pink Cedar
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
60-100 yrs
Size
Huge
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
South and Southeast Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Armor
Status
Rare

About

Pink cedar is a large deciduous emergent tree native to a wide range of Southeast Asian countries. Despite its name, it is actually a legume tree, and not a cedar.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Acrocarpus
Species
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius