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Campomanesia rufa

Campomanesia rufa is a small shrub in the myrtle family, native to central Brazil's seasonally dry tropical woodlands. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is mostly general knowledge for the genus.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a loam-based potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Campomanesia rufa is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub endemic to central Brazil.

Other Campomanesia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Campomanesia rufa 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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