Pitanga plant grow and care – shrub to small tree of the genus Eugenia also known as Pitango or Surinam Cherry, Pitanga plant perennial evergreen plant, grow for the edible fruits but also as ornamental plant for the fruits and the leaves, possible to grow as bonsai and the plant will bear fruits, can grow in tropic, subtropical, desert or mediterranean climate and growing in hardiness zone 10+.
Leaves are red when it young, flower color white with five petal
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Pitanga flower
Fruit color is orange to red when it’s fully ripen, the shape is round with lobe texture, the taste it’s sweet-sour with after taste