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Pleroma mutabile
Brazilian Glory Bush is a fast-growing evergreen pioneer tree or large shrub from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, grown for its flowers in three colours. The key to growing it is full sun, well-drained soil rich in organic matter, and room for its roots.
Pleroma mutabile, synonym Tibouchina mutabilis, is an evergreen pioneer tree with an open crown, native to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, mainly at the Serra do Mar zone, in the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Catarina.
In Brazil, it is named manacá-da-serra. The word "manacá" means "flower" in Tupi-guarani language. "Serra" (ridge, in English) alludes to the Serra do Mar (Sea's Ridge).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pleroma mutabile 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.
