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Cymbopetalum costaricense is a shrub or small tree from lowland rainforest in Central America, rarely grown outside its native range. It needs warm, humid, shaded tropical conditions to thrive.
Cymbopetalum costaricense is a species of flowering plant in the family Annonaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama in Central America, where it grows in lowland rain forest. The specific epithet refers to the country of Costa Rica which is in the plant's range.
The flowers of Cymbopetalum costaricense and related species C. penduliflorum are traditionally used by indigenous peoples to flavor chocolate.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cymbopetalum costaricense 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.
