Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	Climbing vine
Height:
	N/A; a vine with stems to 10 feet or more in length.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Miami-Dade and Collier counties and the Monroe County mainland; West Indies.
Habitats:
	Hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained 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 flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade to full sun.
Flower Color:
	White
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Yellow berry.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides food for birds.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	See also Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).