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Tear Shrub

Vallesia antillana

Photo by Ryan Fezz
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25.2627, -80.3097

Field Notes

Description:

Family: Apocynaceae. Attrachive large shrub with dainty whorled flowers. I didn't notice any fragrance from them however and it didn't appear to have any of the white fruit from which it gets its name. Native from the tip of Florida to the Caribbean and the Yucatan Peninsula.

Habitat:

Tropical Hardwood Hammock

Notes:

Dagny Johnson Botanical State Park

Reference Links:

IRC - Natives for Your Neighborhood

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Flora of Florida
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PublishedJuly 5, 2013

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