Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	An occasional element of the ecotone between tidal swamps and rockland hammocks in the Florida Keys. Rare elsewhere.
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts and occasionally by native plant nurseries.
Description:
	Medium to large shrub or rarely a small tree with a round-topped crown. Trunks usually short. Bark thin, gray. Leaves flat and fleshy, pale green.
Height:
	Usually 3-10 feet in height; to 18 feet in South Florida. Often as broad as tall.
Growth Rate:
	Slow.
Range:
	Monroe and Miami-Dade counties north along the west coast to Levy County; Texas, Bahamas, Cuba and Mexico. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.
Habitats:
	Margins of coastal hammocks along the ecotone with mangrove swamps and salt marshes.
Soils:
	Moist to periodically inundated, brackish 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:
	Moderate; tolerates brackish water or occasional inundation by salt water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Moderate; grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.
Drought Tolerance:
	Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Green.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-summer.
Fruit:
	Orangish capsule with 4 seeds enclosed in a bright red aril.
Wildlife and Ecology:
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida.