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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Amyris elemifera L.
Torchwood, White candle wood, White torch

Amyris elemifera
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2014
Palm Beach County, Florida. Expand

Family: Rutaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, eastern peninsular Florida, Mexico and Central America (Belize).

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Amyris elemifera available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Amyris elemifera has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Amyris elemifera
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2014
Palm Beach County, Florida. Expand
Amyris elemifera
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer