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Myrcia manacalensis

Myrcia manacalensis is a tree in the myrtle family, endemic to the Sierra Maestra mountains of southeastern Cuba. It is a wild forest species with little horticultural history, so care guidance is inferred from its wet tropical native habitat.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich mix that holds moisture, such as a peat or loam blend with added organic matter.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Cuba (Sierra Maestra)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Myrcia manacalensis ( synonym Mozartia manacalensis) is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Sierra Maestra of southeastern Cuba.

The species was described by Ignatz Urban in 1923.

Other Myrcia plants

Myrcia brevispicata · Myrcia peduncularis · Myrcia clarendonensis · Myrcia asperorum · Myrcia chionantha · Myrcia acutissima · Myrcia adunca · Myrcia albobrunnea · Myrcia almasensis · Myrcia arenicola · Myrcia ascendens · Myrcia attenuata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrcia manacalensis 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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