Landscape Uses:
	Accent flowering shrub or scandent woody vine. Also useful in buffer plantings.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An occasional element of coastal thickets and hammock margins.
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida. Available in Key West at Key West Botanical Garden.
Description:
	Clambering shrub or high climbing woody vine, rarely a small tree. Bark smooth and grayish. Leaves 2-4 inches long, sometimes longer, with orange leaf stems.
Height:
	Typically 10-20 feet in height or more. Scrambling and often broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys north along the coasts to Volusia and Collier counties; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.
Habitats:
	Coastal hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	High; can tolerate moderate amounts of salt wind without significant injury.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	Pink to white.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy, the long stamens to about 1 1/2 inches long. Fragrant, opening in the evening.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer; peak in summer.
Fruit:
	Green capsule, to 6" long, splitting open to expose white seeds imbedded in scarlet pulp.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides food for birds. Larval host plant for Florida white (Appias drusilla) butterflies; occasional larval host for great southern white (Ascia monuste) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed in a community pot in light shade to full sun. Transplant after first true leaves form.
Comments:
	The flowers are more conspicuous than on Jamaica caper (C. cynophallophora).