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Garcinia magnifolia is a small evergreen tree of the Clusiaceae family, native to lowland tropical rainforest from Costa Rica to Ecuador, grown for its edible fruit and as an ornamental. It tolerates shade and some cold, but fruiting is best with brighter light.
Garcinia magnifolia, also known as bebasajo or giant leaf madrono, is a flowering tree in the family Clusiaceae (Guttiferae).
The species was first described as Rheedia magnifolia by Henri François Pittier in 1912. In 1989 Barry Edward Hammel placed the species in genus Garcinia as G. magnifolia.
Garcinia magnifolia is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador. It grows in lowland tropical rain forest.
The fruit is occasionally eaten and it is planted as an ornamental.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Garcinia magnifolia 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.
