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Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

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Scientific Name:<br />

Common Name(s):<br />

Clusia rosea<br />

Pitch apple, Autograph tree<br />

Height:<br />

Leaves:<br />

Flowers:<br />

Bark:<br />

Fruit:<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />

Treatment:<br />

20-50 feet tall<br />

Thick and obovate, 8-16 cm long, 3.5-14 cm wide, lateral veins arising at an<br />

45 degree angle or less from midrib, petioles 1-2 cm long<br />

Petals 6-8, white or pink, 3-4 cm<br />

Smooth<br />

Capsules greenish brown, somewhat fleshy, 5-8 cm in diameter. Seeds with a<br />

dark red, thin, fleshy aril<br />

Terrestrial or epiphytic trees or shrubs<br />

Basal with 10% Garlon 4<br />

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