Clusia rosea

Clusia rosea is a tree found in the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Hispaniola (such as in Los Haitises National Park), Cuba, Puerto Rico, and  Florida.It is a hemiepiphyte, that is, it grows as an epiphyte on rocks or other trees at the start of its life and resembles a strangling fig (Ficus). Just as a strangling fig it overgrows and strangles its host tree with its many aerial roots.The petals are pink to white. The upper leaf tissue registers 'writing' giving it the common name autograph tree. The tree produces a fleshy, light green but poisonous fruit; once the fruit has split, the seeds are favored by birds and other wildlife. Clusia species are normally dioecious, but in C. rosea, there are pistillate individuals only, and seeds are formed through agamospermy.

Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Clusia Rosea

Clusia rosea

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