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Authors: Druce   Mutis  

Botanical Description

of gardens). Low, mossy cushion-forming to 25cm across. Leaves 3-5mm long, broadly ovate, bright green. Fruits globose, to 6mm wide, bright orange. Mexico and Central America in moist shady places. Confused with N. depressa in gardens, but more tender and usually more freely fruiting; a popular houseplant.