Landscape Uses:
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
Height:
Growth Rate:
Range:
	The lower Florida Keys from the Marquesas northeast to Bahia Honda; West Indies, Mexico (Yucatan peninsula) and Central America (Bay Islands of Honduras).
Habitats:
	Coastal hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous. Fragrant. Dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Flowering Season:
Fruit:
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides significant food and moderate amounts of cover for wildlife. Larval host plant for giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) butterflies.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed removed from the outer coating. Scatter seeds over soil and barely cover.
Comments:
	A critically imperiled species in South Florida.