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Guayacán, Huayacán, Palo Santo

Porlieria chilensis

$7000 + IVA

Endemic to central Chile. It grows naturally between the IV and VI region, and can be found up to 1,300 ma.s.l, often on slopes and rocky places. It is a common component in the sclerophyllous forest of which it forms part.

Vu

Magnoliophyta

Zygophyllales

Zygophyllaceae

Perennial

Maximum height size 4 meters.

Slow growth rate.

Dark purple.

Fully exposed to sun, flat parts or slopes with northern exposure.

Resists occasional, not prolonged frosts down to about -5°c.

Secano areas, where the dry period without rainfall lasts 3-5 months. rainfall reaches 400 - 800 mm per year, concentrated in winter. or also where the dry period without rainfall lasts 6 - 10 months. rainfall reaches 100 - 300 mm per year, concentrated in winter.

Wood, ornamental and medicinal.

Limarí (IV Region) to Colchagua (VI Region) up to 1300 m.a.s.l.

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