General Landscape Uses: Accent shrub.
Ecological Restoration Notes: An uncommon element of hammock edges and pine rocklands.
Availability: Available at native plant nurseries in central and South Florida.
Description: Medium shrub or rarely a small tree, with erect or spreading branches. Bark pale, almost white. Leaves leathery, light green, about 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches long.
Dimensions: Typically 3-8 feet in height, often broader then tall.
Growth Rate: Moderate to slow.
Range: Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County; disjunct in Sarasota County; Bermuda, the West Indies, Mexico and Central America. In Miami-Dade County, native to the Florida Keys in and around Biscayne National Park, Key Biscayne and the Miami Rock Ridge south of the Miami River.
Habitats: Rockland hammock edges and pine rocklands.
Soils: Moist, well-drained limestone or sandy 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 part sun.
Flower Color: Green tinged with red.
Flower Characteristics: Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season: All year.
Fruit: Showy bright red drupe.
Wildlife and Ecology: Provides food for wildlife.
Horticultural Notes: Can be grown from de-pulped seed.
Comments: It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida.
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