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Campomanesia grandiflora

Campomanesia grandiflora
Photo: British Museum - Natural History Museum's Biodiversity Informatics Group., CC0

Campomanesia grandiflora is a tree in the myrtle family, native to northern South America and northern and northeastern Brazil, grown mainly in wet tropical climates. It is a large plant better suited to gardens or orchards than to pots.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while young and during dry spells, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Deep, well-drained, fertile loam with organic matter.
Temperature
20–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. South America to N. & NE. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Campomanesia grandiflora is a species of tree the flowering plant family Myrtaceae. In Portuguese the species goes by the common name Acariquara branca.

The species has a self-supporting growth form and simple, ovate leaves.

Other Campomanesia plants

Campomanesia adamantium · Strawberry Guava · Campomanesia espiritosantensis · Campomanesia guazumifolia · Campomanesia hirsuta · Campomanesia ilhoensis · Campomanesia laurifolia · Perfume Guava · Rio De Janeiro Myrtle · Campomanesia neriiflora · Campomanesia phaea · Campomanesia prosthecesepala

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Campomanesia grandiflora 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.

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