Dalbergia hupeana Seeds | Yellow Rosewood

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Yellow Rosewood seeds (Dalbergia hupeana)

LATIN NAME: Dalbergia hupeana

COMMON NAME: Yellow Rosewood

Plant Profile

Dalbergia hupeana, commonly known as Yellow Rosewood, is a deciduous tree. The blooms are worked steadily by bees for as long as they are open. Put simply, this is a rewarding species for anyone willing to give it a suitable spot.

Science & Biotechnology

Research touching on Dalbergia hupeana ranges from the botany of the Dalbergia group to practical horticulture, including seed handling, propagation and the selection of superior forms. Fine, lattice-like foliage of yellow rosewood gives it a recognised place in research on warm-climate timber trees of great rosewood genus, and hupeana species appears in studies of hard, handsome timber and nitrogen-fixing roots. Contemporary seed practice means a grower can raise it confidently with standard techniques.

Uses & Benefits

Yellow Rosewood works well in borders, containers and dedicated beds. In warm, sunny garden, yellow rosewood lattices warm garden with fine, airy foliage. Wood serves furniture, carving and crafts for generations, roots enrich soil, and tree makes handsome shade tree. It thrives in deep, well-drained, sunny ground. Given the right start, it carries on with minimal intervention.

Rosewoods yield the world’s most coveted furniture timber and aromatic heartwood oils; in Chinese medicine the heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera, Jiang Xiang, is a classical herb for blood stasis.

Growing from Seed

Yellow Rosewood grows readily from seed. Surface-sow onto a light, well-drained compost, dust over a thin covering, and keep evenly moist and sunny until the seedlings show. Once the seedlings have made true leaves, pot them on individually and plant out when they are sturdy and conditions are right.

Our Take

As a deciduous tree, it settles into a routine quickly once established. Keep the sowing evenly moist at the start — that is the one real requirement.

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