Coinvine
Dalbergia ecastaphyllum
Fabaceae


Landscape Uses:

Ecological Restoration Notes:

Availability:
Description:
Evergreen
Height:
N/A; a clambering vine to 10 feet or more
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Range:
Peninsular Florida, West Indies, continental tropical America, and tropical Africa
Habitats:
Soils:
Moist, well-drained to occasionally inundated sandy or limestone soils
Nutritional Requirements:
Medium to low
Salt Water Tolerance:
Moderate
Salt Wind Tolerance:
Secondary line
Drought Tolerance:
Medium
Light Requirements:
Full sun
Flower Color:
White or white flushed with pink
Flower Characteristics:
Semi-showy
Flowering Season:
Spring-summer
Fruit:
Legume, mostly one-seeded
Wildlife and Ecology:
Larval host plant for statira sulphur (Aphrissa statira) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
Good incoastal locations


Roger L. Hammer
Shirley Denton