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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Cryptostegia madagascariensis Bojer ex Decne.
Madagascar rubbervine

Cryptostegia madagascariensis
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Family: Apocynaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Map of South Florida Locations

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of Florida Keys Locations

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized and invasive.

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Cryptostegia madagascariensis has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Possibly Extirpated Not Native, Naturalized




Cryptostegia madagascariensis has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland
Rockland Hammock


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Cryptostegia madagascariensis
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Cryptostegia madagascariensis
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Cryptostegia madagascariensis
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr