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Myrcia crassa

Myrcia crassa is a tree in the myrtle family, endemic to Santa Teresa in Espírito Santo, Brazil, and known only from fragmented, declining forest habitat. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Temperature
Wet tropical climate; cold-sensitive.
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Brazil (Espírito Santo)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Myrcia crassa is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a tree endemic to the municipality of Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil, where its habitat is fragmented and declining due to deforestation. The tree was first described in 2010 and grows to between 1.5 and 18 metres (4.9 and 59 ft) tall.

Other Myrcia plants

Myrcia ascendens · Myrcia attenuata · Myrcia costeira · Myrcia floridissima · Myrcia mucugensis · Myrcia pendula · Myrcia pseudomarlierea · Myrcia pseudospectabilis · Myrcia rupestris · Myrcia subterminalis · Myrcia tetraphylla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrcia crassa 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.

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