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Gustavia superba
In Singapore: Membrillo, Heaven Lotus, 莲玉蕊 (Grown in Singapore)
Gustavia superba is a palm-like understory tree from Central and northwestern South America, named for its rosette of very large leaves. It grows best in humid tropical conditions with bright light, moisture and well-drained soil; it is rarely grown outside the tropics.
Gustavia superba is an understory tree in the family Lecythidaceae, that grows in Central and north-western South America.
Common names include membrillo, sachamango, Stinkwood and heaven lotus. The trunk is around 5-10 m high with a rosette of very large leaves radiating from the top (like palms). These leaves can be up to 1.28 m (4 ft 2 in) long by less than 30 cm wide.
Gustavia superba grows naturally as an understory tree, where it is abundant, especially in secondary forests
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gustavia superba 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.
