Landscape Uses:
	Accent or specimen or shade tree in residential and commercial landscapes.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Widely cultivated. Available in Lake Worth at Indian Trails Native Nursery, and in Key West at Key West Botanical Garden.
Description:
	Medium to large tree with a rounded crown. Trunks erect, straight, to 20 inches in diameter. Bark light brown to brownish-gray, smooth when young, then becoming rough. Leaves compound, 6-16 inches long, shiny, orangish or reddish when young.
Height:
	Typically 30-50 feet in height; to 63 feet in South Florida. Taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Slow to moderate.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys north mostly along the coasts to Brevard and Collier counties; West Indies, southern Mexico, Central America. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. Little's map fails to capture a number of locations for this in the interior of Big Cypress National Preserve in Collier County and the Monroe County mainland.
Habitats:
	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:
	Yellow to creamy white.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous. Dioecious, with male and female flowers on different plants.
Flowering Season:
	Winter-spring.
Fruit:
	Bright red drupe turning black when mature.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from de-pulped seed. Plant right away; the seeds do not store well. Stake plants when trasplanting as root development usually lags behind aboveground development.
Comments:
	The new growth is an attractive color of red.