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Gustavia fosteri is a small woody tree in the Brazil-nut family, known in Panama as membrillo, and is native only to Barro Colorado Island in Panama. It is grown rarely outside its native range, mainly in botanic collections of wet tropical climates.
Gustavia fosteri, one of several plants in the genus Gustavia known by the Spanish common name membrillo, is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only on Barro Colorado Island in Panama. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gustavia fosteri is distinguished from the more abundant Gustavia superba by several features, including smaller leaves; mostly terminal inflorescences; a calyx comprising four lobes whilst that of Gustavia superba is entire; petals coloured pink throughout rather than white flushed pink; white rather than orange mesocarp "flesh" in the fruit.
Gustavia acuminata · Gustavia angustifolia · Gustavia dodsonii · Gustavia erythrocarpa · Gustavia excelsa · Gustavia foliosa · Gustavia gracillima · Gustavia latifolia · Gustavia longepetiolata · Gustavia longifuniculata · Gustavia monocaulis · Gustavia petiolata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gustavia fosteri 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.
