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Clusia major
Also called Strangling Fig, Wild Balsam, Wild Balsam Tree, Wild Mammie, Wild Mammy
Clusia major is a tropical plant species in the genus Clusia. The name Clusia major is sometimes misapplied to the more widely distributed species Clusia rosea, which, however has petiolate (versus virtually sessile), very dark (versus bright) green leaves that are widest just below the apex (versus near the middle), and 8 (versus 5) stigmas. Fruits of C. rosea are about as long as wide (versus noticeably longer than wide in C. major).
Clusia alata · Clusia carinata · Clusia clarendonensis · Cupeillo · Clusia croatii · Clusia cupulata · Clusia dickinsoniana · Clusia donramonii · Clusia longipetiolata · Clusia minutiflora · Porcelain Flower · Clusia osseocarpa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clusia major by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
