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Clusia tarmensis is a small tree from the Clusiaceae family, found only in Peru on the eastern slopes of the Andes at 1,000 to 3,000 meters. It is a wet montane forest species, so it needs humid, mild conditions and good drainage to grow well.
Clusia tarmensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is a tree found only in Peru. It is a small tree growing up to 8 meters tall. It is native to the Perené and Urubamba watersheds on the eastern (Amazonian) slope of the Andes in Cusco, Junín, and Pasco departments. It grows in montane rain forests (Yungas), on white sandstone outcrops with Sphagnum bogs, and in open woodlands from 1,000 to 3,000 meters elevation.
The species was described by Adolf Engler in 1923.
Clusia alata · Clusia carinata · Clusia clarendonensis · Cupeillo · Clusia croatii · Clusia cupulata · Clusia dickinsoniana · Clusia donramonii · Clusia longipetiolata · Balsam · Clusia minutiflora · Porcelain Flower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clusia tarmensis 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.
