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Exostema spinosum is a small, spiny shrub or tree from the wet tropics of Cuba, Hispaniola and nearby islands, belonging to the coffee family. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so its care is best judged from its tropical forest habitat.
Exostema spinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree with spiny branchlets, thickly leathery leaves, solitary flowers, and capsule fruits. The species is native to the Caribbean, and was described in 1790.
Exostema spinosum is native to the wet tropical biome of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Exostema spinosum 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.
