Botanical Name: Luma apiculata Add
Common Name: Luma  
Plant photo of: Luma apiculata
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Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

6-12'

 

Flower Color

Pink, White

 

Flower Season

n/a

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

Red

 

Fruit Color

Black, Blue

 

Fruit Season

n/a

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Luma apiculata is an evergreen shrub or small tree. It grows fast to 6'-8' tall and equally wide. Old plants develop beautiful bark, the color of cinnamon. The foliage is dense, with closely set, dark green, oval to roundish, .5"-1" long leaves. Flowers are white to pinkish, a little more than .5" across, with four petals and a large brush of stamens in the center.