Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

Scientific Name:
Common Name(s):
Flacourtia indica
Governor’s plum
Height:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Bark:
Fruit:
Other:
Treatment:
Large shrub or small tree
Leaves are ovate to elliptic, 2 to 2 ½ inches long
Small, yellowish flowers are produced in clusters from the leaf axils
Fruit are round, purplish, ¾ in diameter berries with numerous small seeds
Has sharp spines in the leaf axils
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