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Clusia rosea
Also called Florida Clusia, Balsam Apple, Autographtree, Pitch Apple
In Singapore: Autograph Tree, Balsam Apple, Pitch Apple, Copey, 松脂蘋果, 香脂蘋果, Variegated Autograph Tree, Variegated Balsam Apple, Variegated Pitch Apple (Grown in Singapore)
Clusia rosea, the autograph tree, is an evergreen tropical tree that often starts life perched on another plant and then strangles its host with aerial roots. It is grown for its leaves, pink to white flowers and fruit, and is one of the easier Clusias to keep as a houseplant.
Clusia rosea, the autograph tree, copey, cupey, balsam apple, pitch-apple, and Scotch attorney, is an evergreen, tropical and sub-tropical flowering plant species in the family Clusiaceae. The name Clusia major is sometimes misapplied to this species.
This plant is cultivated as an ornamental plant, for its flowers, foliage, and fruit. It is planted in gardens as a fruiting and ornamental tree in sub-tropical climates, and used as a houseplant in many climates.
The leaves were used to make playing cards in the West Indies. Some sign their autographs on the leaves and watch them grow.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clusia rosea 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.
