Alvaradoa amorphoides

Mexican alvaradoa

Picramniaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

10-20(35)  ft tall by usually taller than broad 

Life Span:

long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white,yellow,green

Fruit Color:

white,red

Phenology:

evergreen

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

An excellent accent shrub or small tree with open, spreading crown. Attractive fine textured, thin leaves and long, hanging spikes of flowers. Dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Considerations:

This is a beautiful small tree that is rarely cultivated..

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Suitable to Grow In:

10A,10B,11

Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars

Larval host for dina yellow ( Eurema dina ) and cassius blue ( Leptotes cassius theonus ) butterflies.

Native Habitats:

Rockland hammock edges