Fabaceae FAMILY

Otholobium mexicanum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub

Growth—

Otholobium mexicanum is a plant of the moist tropics, usually at moderate to high elevations and often above 2,500 metres

Propagation

Pre-soak the seed for 24 hours in warm water and sow in early to mid spring in a greenhouse^[1]. as soon as they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in light shade until large enough to plant out. Cuttings of half-ripe wood in a frame^[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Otholobium+mexicanum>

Pollinators

Insects

References

[1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[2]Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. — Bean. W. · Murray · 1981 · ISBN - ↩︎A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures.
[3]Flora of Peru — Macbride. J.F. · Field Museum of Natural History · 1936 ↩︎An excellent attempt at a Flora of Peru, though it is clear that many of the plants were imperfectly known at that time and so information on them was sketchy. Available for download from the Internet.