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Clusia major
Autograph Tree · Balsam apple · Copey · Pitch-apple · Scotch attorney
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 11–11
Click count
137
Observations
35
Description
Source: leafsnapClusia major is a tropical plant species in the genus Clusia. The name Clusia major is sometimes misapplied to the more widely distributed species Clusia rosea, which, however has petiolate (versus virtually sessile), very dark (versus bright) green leaves that are widest just below the apex (versus near the middle), and 8 (versus 5) stigmas. Fruits of C. rosea are about as long as wide (versus noticeably longer than wide in C. major).
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Tree
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Clusia
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 11
- Mature Height
- 6.1 m to 12.19 m
- Mature Spread
- 2.44 m to 4.57 m
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- White, Pink
- Flower Size
- 5.08 cm to 7.62 cm
- Bloom Time
- Summer, Early fall, Mid fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Fall, Early winter, Mid winter
Tags (4)
Common Names (12)
en Autograph Tree
en Balsam apple
en Copey
en Pitch-apple
en Scotch attorney
en Wild Balsam Tree
en Balsam
en Strangling Fig
en Wild Balsam
en Wild Mammie
en Wild Mammy
en Scottish attorney