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Karum tree, Poonga-oil tree
Millettia pinnata
Fabaceae
 

Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Range: Nonnative and naturalized. Native to the Old World.

Plant Map Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.

Wildlife and Ecology: Larval host plant for hammock skipper (Polygonus leo) butterfly and nectar source for the recently introduced fulvous hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelica) and presumably other butterflies.


Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2018
Naturalized at National Key Deer Refuge in Monroe County, Florida

Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr


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