Muntingia Calabura Bonsai

Tropical america pacific islands.
Muntingia calabura bonsai. It can grow from 3 12 metres tall. Flower is solitary petal white in 5 sepal green anthers yellow stigma bright green. The edible fruit ripens during november to january and is said to help diabetic. The jamaica cherry muntingia calabura is a fast growing useful tree and the sweet fruit is popular in tropical america and southeast asia.
The plant grows into a tree with a spreading crown. Usually it serves as a shade plant. Common names include english calabur tree capulin jamaica cherry panama berry strawberry tree singapore cherry sabah cherry bajelly tree tagalog aratilis and saresa. Muntingia calabura was described from jamaica by linnaeus in 1753.
Muntingia calabura the sole species in the genus muntingia is a flowering plant native to southern mexico the caribbean central america and western south america south to peru and bolivia. Its common name in singapore is buah ceri. It has serrated green leaves 5 8cm long and 1 2cm wide alternate oblong lanceolate unequal and sub cordate at the base acuminate at tip. Muntingia calabura is a small tree with vertically layered branches.
The jamaican cherry or strawberry tree is a tropical fruit that tastes like cotton candy and is easy to grow and prolific in its ability to produce fruit. Description this is a very fast growing tree of slender proportions reaching 25 to 40 ft 7 5 12 m in height with spreading nearly horizontal branches. Calabura is a rapidly growing small evergreen shrub or a tree with a short broad spreading crown. Learn how to grow care for and harvest.
And cebuano ilokano mansanitas and sagase in kannada. Muntingia is a genus of plants in the family muntingiaceae comprising only one species muntingia calabura and was named in honour of abraham munting it is native to the neotropics from mexico south to bolivia in kerala it is seen in the areas adjacent to the western ghat. The trees are exceptionally attractive with long spreading branches that often droop down to the ground and soft weeping foliage. The sapling is botanically known as muntingia calabura.
From spring to fall you will harvest 2 crops a day once the plant is established in full sun and has enough water. It is the sole species in the genus muntingia which was named after the dutch botanist abraham munting the specific epithet calabura is possibly a vernacular name of unknown meaning. Blossoming and producing all year round the flowers are white and followed by small red fruit that is sweet with the taste of caramel. One of the most profuse fruiting trees.
Muntingia rosea a species with pink flowers described from colombia karsten 1863 is.