Landscape Uses:
	Accent shrub or small tree in the Florida Keys. Also buffer plantings.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Commonly available at native plant nurseries in South Florida. Available in Lake Worth at  Amelia's SmartyPlants (561-540-6296).
Description:
	Small tree or large shrub with an erect trunk and a somewhat narrow crown. Trunks 8-10 inches in diameter, but usually much less. Bark pale brown, roughend by many narrow ridges. Leaves thin, bright yellow-green, about 2- 2 1/2 inches long.
Height:
	Typically 10-20 feet in height; to 27 feet in South Florida. Usually slightly taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Slow.
Range:
	Monroe County Keys and Miami-Dade County; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. Very rare in the Monroe County Keys south of Upper Matecumbe Key and perhaps extirpated in the lower Keys. In Miami-Dade County, native only to the Florida Keys in and around Elliott Key in Biscayne National Park and on the mainland in Brickell Hammock, where collected once in 1906. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.
Habitats:
	Rockland hammocks.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained 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:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Light shade.
Flower Color:
	Greenish-white.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous. Dioecious, with male and female flowers on different plants.
Flowering Season:
	All year; peak in spring.
Fruit:
	Red drupe.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed.
Comments:
	It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida.