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Myrsine juergensenii

Myrsine juergensenii is a broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree from the wet tropical forests of Mexico and Central America, rarely grown as a plant. It is best kept warm, humid and in bright, filtered light.

Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly before watering again.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich potting mix or garden soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Myrsine juergensenii is a species of broadleaf evergreen plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to Mexico and Central America, ranging from central Mexico to Panama.

Other Myrsine plants

Myrsine adamsonii · African Boxwood · Myrsine andersonii · Mapou · Myrsine brownii · Myrsine bullata · Myrsine ceylanica · Cook Islands Myrsine · Myrsine collina · Leathery colicwood · Summit colicwood · Myrsine diazii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrsine juergensenii 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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