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Plinia salticola is a small tree in the myrtle family, native to wet tropical forests of Central America, and grown for its edible orange fruit. Keep it warm, humid and in bright light, as a relative of the jaboticaba and cambucá.
Plinia salticola, commonly known as dwarf mulchi or dwarf cambucá, is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. The tree is endemic to Costa Rica and Ecuador, grows to between 1 and 1.5 metres (3 ft 3 in and 4 ft 11 in) tall, and produces edible orange fruits.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plinia salticola 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.
