Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Grown by enthusiasts.
Description:
	High climbing vine or medium shrub. Leaves about 4-6 inches long.
Height:
	N/A; a vine with stems to 20 feet or more in length.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Collier and Hendry counties; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. In Broward County, know only from Water Conservation Area 3A.
Habitats:
	Hammocks and swamps.
Soils:
	Moist, well-drained limestone or organic 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 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 to full sun.
Flower Color:
	White.
Flower Characteristics:
	Inconspicuous.
Flowering Season:
	All year.
Fruit:
	Round white drupe.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Nectar plant for cassius blue (Leptotes cassius), lyside sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) and southern dogface (Zerene cesonia).
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida.