Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

Scientific Name:
Common Name(s):
Ochrosia parviflora
Kopsia
Height:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Bark:
Fruit:
Other:
A large shrub or small spreading tree 15 to 30 feet tall
Leathery dark green elliptic to obovate leaves up to 3-7inches long
and 2 to 3 inchwide. The leaves occur in whorls of 3 or 4.
Flowers occur in axilliary clusters and are small, yellow/white and
fragrant
Pairs of striking red fruit 1 ½ inches long by ½ inch in diameter, which
resemble elongated tomatoes or a pair of red horns. The fruit are
poisonous
The fruit are poisonous, and plants bleed white sap copiously when
wounded.
Treatment:
Australian National Botanical Gardens
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