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Salacia petenensis is a tropical tree in the Celastraceae family, native to cloud forests of Central America, southwest Mexico and northern South America. It is a wild forest species rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is limited.
Salacia petenensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. This tropical tree is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, southwest Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. It is found in cloud forests at elevations of 1500 to 1700 m. It flowers from March through May and also in October and November. The flowers are tiny and have an odor like rotten fruit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salacia petenensis 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.
