General Landscape Uses: Accent or specimen or shade tree in residential and commercial landscapes.
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.
Dimensions: 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.
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.
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.
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