Yellow Jamaican Cherry Tree - Muntingia calabura Ornamental Zone: Perennial 8b-11

Zone: Perennial 8b-11

Soil: Pomegranates adapt to most well-drained soils

• Soil: Any except clay

• Soil: Average watering needs

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Yellow Jamaican Cherry Tree - Muntingia calabura Ornamental Zone: Perennial 8b-11The Yellow Jamaican Cherry Tree (Muntingia calabura) is named for berries that look like yellow cherries and taste like nature's cotton candy. When mature, it fruits abundantly, quickly, and year round. It is known by many different names, such as strawberry tree (since its leaves look like a strawberry plant), Panama berry tree, cotton candy berry tree, and jam fruit tree. There is also a Red Jamaican cherry variety that produces red berries. Both