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Brunfelsia jamaicensis
Jamaican Raintree is a shrub from the mountain forests of Jamaica, grown mainly as a garden or conservatory plant in warm, humid conditions. It does best in filtered light with consistently moist soil and protection from cold.
Brunfelsia jamaicensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, the nightshades. It is endemic to Jamaica, where it grows in mountain forests above 1400 meters in elevation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brunfelsia jamaicensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
