The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Jaltomata antillana
Antilles false holly is a small annual herb from the Greater Antilles, grown mainly as a curiosity for its red berries. It needs warm, seasonally dry conditions and well-drained soil.
Jaltomata antillana, the Antilles false holly, is a plant species native to Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Jaltomata antillana is an herb up to 100 cm (39 inches) tall. Flowers are white to cream colored. Fruits deep blood red, about 10 mm in diameter.
Jaltomata aspera · Jaltomata cajacayensis · Jaltomata chihuahuensis · Jaltomata cuyasensis · Jaltomata grandiflora · Jaltomata lojae · Creeping false holly · Jaltomata weberbaueri · Jaltomata werffii · False holly
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jaltomata antillana 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.
