Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
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Scientific Name:<br />
Common Name(s):<br />
Thespesia populnea<br />
Seaside mahoe, portia tree<br />
Height:<br />
Leaves:<br />
Flowers:<br />
Bark:<br />
Fruit:<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />
Treatment:<br />
40 feet or more<br />
Alternate, heart shaped leaves with five main veins spreading from base.<br />
Large and hibiscus like, yellow with a red center. Flowers turn maroon by<br />
nightfall.<br />
Young branches have minute brown scales.<br />
Lea<strong>the</strong>ry, flat, five-parted capsule about 1.5 inches wide, yellow to black.<br />
Evergreen, shrubby tree. Salt tolerant, usually found in and around beach,<br />
bay, inlet areas and coastal berms. Thrives in low silty land and coral and<br />
sand berms. The fruit are buoyant in seawater, enabling seeds to be carried<br />
by ocean currents to distant shores.<br />
Stump with 50% Garlon 3A applied immediately upon cutting<br />
APIRS- http://aquat1.ifas.edu<br />
www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/derm/badplants.htm<br />
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