Landscape Uses:
	Accent shrub.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Rarely grown by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium to large shrub or rarely a small tree with wide-spreading branches. Trunks usually very short. Bark gray. Leaves shiny, light green above, about 1 inch long.
Height:
	Typically about 3-6 feet in height, but sometimes more, and sometimes staying prostrate and forming spreading mats. Almost always broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County; West Indies. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to Big Pine Key and nearby islands; apparently never collected on the island of Key West. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.
Habitats:
	Pine rocklands and rockland hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone soils, with or without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Moderate to low; it prefers soils with organic content, but will still grow reasonably well in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate to high; plants growing in extremely dry soils may die during extended periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	White to pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Round black berry.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from de-pulped seed.
Comments:
	It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida. See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).