Ombú-Pitholaica Dioica...

This plant is very well worked by the Argentines!
It is until aboriginal legend reason in the tríplice border: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay.
In the South and Center West of Brazil, it is present as a gigantic tree! Known as Cebolão, also is in the Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and part of Chile!


Two units in the exposition of FELAB 2008, in Buennos Aires!
Author Sergio Luciani, Argentina.
In the nature in Argentina…




Mrs. Marita Guruchaga and Masahiro Kimura, the shade of a Ombú, in Buennos Aires! Mrs. Gurughaga, is one of the biggest specialists of this species.
Ombu, ombú, umbú or beautiful-shade are the common name of dioica Phytolacca L., a plant of great transport, with origin in Pampas of the South America, used as ornamental in the zones of mediterrânico climate. Although to present arbórea morphology, ombu is a herbaceous plant of great dimensions, not having wood in its caule, weighs its size even so. The plant forms a canópia with a perimeter of 12 the 15 m, being able to reach a height of 12 the 18 m. The name drift of the word guarani ombu, that it means countenance or shade.
Source: Wikipédia…
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Adding… It also is known as: umbu, umbuzeiro, ceboleiro, beautiful-shade, imbu, Maria-soft, peúdo and figueira. With occurrence, also, in Rio De Janeiro, Mines You managed, Weed-Thick of the South until the Rio Grande Do Sul in the Atlantic pluvial bush and the semideciduous latifoliada forest of the Uruguay and Parana river basin, until altitudes of 850m. Arvores Brasileiras; , of Harri Lorenzi - ¨Editôra Plantarum, Publishing company.

Bosque Laguna de Rocha, Uruguay...
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Hi luciano,

I love the fact that you are styling your bonsai as the trees appear in nature, NOT styles that we would see in the UK... a problem we have in the UK is that some folk have one 'style' and they apply that to all their trees... so Cratageus look like Juniperous that look like Pine... I hope you understand my meaning.

Your trees look fantastic

Tony, in Brazil has an immense confusion of styles Here!
I am defender of the works of Min Hsuan Lo and Walter Pall, that work in more adequate way our nature.
Making trees, to put we have very fundamentalist people, who defend styles based on Conifers.
How nothing it has to see with our plants!
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Hello Luciano,

How nice to see Ombu again - especially as bonsai. I lived and worked in Paraguay for several years and the Ombu were always among my favorite trees. There are a few grown here in San Francisco, and now seeing that substantial leaf size reduction is possible I may consider giving one a try here. Thank you for showing us these. Muito Obrigado Luciano!

Other readers may be interested to know that the Ombu (Phytolacca dioica) is a close relative of our American Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) and is often referred to as the world's largest herbaceous plant since it produces no true wood. This one begs the question: is a tree still a tree without wood?

David Brunner

Hi David, When I age Marine, very travelled in the area of the Triplice Border.
And this is one of the trees had fascinated that me, in its natural habitat is a work of art of the Gigantic and beautiful nature!
Unhappyly it can die without the wood, to put sprouts again with some branches that turn some trees.
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Luciano,
one more ombu bonsai, this time from the island of Cyprus, 13000 km away from Argentina!!

More photos to the following link

https://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/t15379-please-identify-my-tree-phytolacca-dioica-ombu-as-identified-by-david-b