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Dorstenia jamaicensis is a rhizomatous, bulb-like geophyte in the fig and mulberry family (Moraceae), endemic to Jamaica near Mandeville. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice is inferred from its close relatives in the genus, which are grown as houseplants.
Dorstenia jamaicensis is a plant species in the family Moraceae.
It is endemic to Jamaica.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dorstenia jamaicensis 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.
