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Cymbopetalum penduliflorum is a small tree or shrub in the custard apple family, native to mountain areas of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. It is grown mainly for its dried, pungent flowers, which are used as a spice.
Cymbopetalum penduliflorum is a species of flowering plant in family Annonaceae. It is a tree native to central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
It is native to mountainous areas of central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador. and Honduras. It is still cultivated as a spice in the Guatemalan regions around Cobán and Jacaltenango and sold in markets in those areas as well as Antigua Guatemala, Santa Ana, El Salvador, and San Andrés Tuxtla, Mexico.
The dried flowers of C. penduliflorum and related species C. costaricense were traditionally used to give a spicy flavor to chocolate before the arrival of cinnamon and the other Old World spices. The dried petals are still used in atoles, pinoles, and coffee.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cymbopetalum penduliflorum 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.
