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Campomanesia hirsuta is a shrub or small tree from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, rarely cultivated and listed as Vulnerable in the wild. It is a wet tropical forest plant that needs warm, humid, shaded or lightly shaded conditions. Specific cultivation data for this species is sparse, so the care notes below are general guidance for the genus.
Campomanesia hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to the Atlantic Forest ecoregion of southeastern Brazil, within Rio de Janeiro state. It is an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species, threatened by habitat loss.
Campomanesia adamantium · Strawberry Guava · Campomanesia espiritosantensis · Campomanesia grandiflora · Campomanesia guazumifolia · Campomanesia ilhoensis · Campomanesia laurifolia · Perfume Guava · Rio De Janeiro Myrtle · Campomanesia neriiflora · Campomanesia phaea · Campomanesia prosthecesepala
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Campomanesia hirsuta 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.
