General Landscape Uses: Ornamental landscaping
Ecological Restoration Notes: Drought-prone or sandy soil restoration, coastal landscaping and windbreaks, pollinator support
Description: The leaves are shiny dark green above, paler green and prominently veined below, leathery, and narrowly egg-shaped with a distinctive rounded tip. The leaves are clustered near the tips of the thick, fleshy, knobbly, brown branches.
Dimensions: Height 20 ft.
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
Native Range: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and the Caribbean.
Native Habitats: Coastal areas
Soils: Well-draining, sandy or loamy, slightly acidic to neutral pH
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate to high
Salt Water Tolerance: Moderate
Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate
Drought Tolerance: High
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Flower Color: White with a yellow center
Flower Characteristics: Fragrant, rounded, bouquet-like, tubular
Flowering Season: All year
Fruit: Dry, brown, linear-oblong seed follicles containing numerous winged seeds
Wildlife and Ecology: Pollinator support, birds and mammals feed on seeds, soil stabilization
Horticultural Notes: Grown from cuttings, seed
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