Family: Malvaceae
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Group: Dicot
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Substrate:
					
                                   Terrestrial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Habit:
					
                                    Shrub
					 
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Perennation:
					
                                   Perennial
					
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
Native Range: Native to the West Indes, Mexico, Central America and South America; widely cultivated and sometimes sometimes naturalized elsewhere.
                                    
                                    
				
                                     
Map of South Florida Locations
                                    
				
                                    SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
				  
                                    Present
			      
                                    
                                    
		    
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
					
                                    Not Native, Naturalized
	            	
                                    
                                    
				
                                    
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
					
                                    Cultivated
					
                                    
                                    
	            
                                    
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            Synonyms:
           M. 
arboreus var. drummondii.
          
					
				
          
            FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
          
				  
						Present
			      
				  
				  
		      
            
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
					
            			Not Native, Cultivated Only
	            	
					
					
				
                                      
Map of Florida Keys Locations
                                    
				
          Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913.  Reported for the Monroe County Keys by the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, but all of our records are from cultivated plants or plants persisting from cultivation.