Vertical bark split wound

[BonsaiMania]

Just got this brazilian raintree and I believe the substrate was too high up right above the upper most thick root. I pulled back the substrate and found a vertical bark split wound on the bottom of Trunk. Can the Tree be saved? Ive searched the forums for wound treatment but I would still like advice to proceed on how to care for this.

Thank you.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Nothing but added character for tree. No big deal. Let it heal naturally.

 

[Shibui]

This is a normal feature of trees. Many species end up with vertical splits as they grow. I assume this is a result of the tree growing and expanding. The wood inside adds extra layers but the bark outside is dead and cannot expand. Something has to give so the bark splits.
That's no problem because the bark is dead. The living layers underneath are making fresh bark and sealing off the living layers from outside so no problem for you or the tree.
Splits in the bark are the start of the old, aged bark that we eventually see on older trees.

 

[BonsaiMania]

Thank you.

 

[leatherback]

congratualtions. Your BRT is maturing and dropping bark.

BRT is a bark-peeing species and will drop segments of bark. In my trees I have found after 3 years the first sections to split off after a burst of growth.