Botanical Name: Maytenus phyllanthoides
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Common Name: Mangle Dulce  
Plant photo of: Maytenus phyllanthoides
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

3-6'

 

Flower Color

Green

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

Red

 

Fruit Season

Summer

Information by: Kathleen Moore
Photographer: Mountain States Nursery
  • Description

  • Notes

A mounding evergreen shrub grow slowly to 3' x 4'. Leaves are leathery and light green. Green nonshowy flowers apper in spring and lead to red fruits. Good in containers. Accepts full sun to part shade. Quite salt tolerant. Native to the southern U.S. and Mexico.