Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Quadrella jamaicensis

Jamaica caper-tree
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Jamaica caper-tree

Sinónimo(s):

Capparis cynophallophora

Especie del género:

Quadrella jamaicensis

Familia:

Brassicaeae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

shrub

Tamaño:

6 to 12 (18) ft tall by 6-10 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white,pink

Color de la fruta:

brown

Fenología:

Evergreen. Flowers spring-summer. Fruits summer-fall. Moderately long-lived (Nelson 2003)

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Hurricane Wind Resistance, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Use as a specimen plant. Can also be used as a hedge.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, FNPS Plant Sales, Seed

Propagación:

Seed (scarification required).

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray.

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam, Lime Rock

pH del suelo:

Neutral to calcareous (high pH)

Apto para cultivo en:

10A,10B,11

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
Selected
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Caterpillars, Birds

Attracts various pollinators.





Larval host for Florida white ( Appias drusilla ) butterflies.

Attracts birds

Hábitats nativos:

Dry sites. Coastal hammocks. Disturbed sites.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Flowers open white and rapidly turn pink.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Butterfly Flowers LLC. (Undated). Jamaican caper - Native Butterfly Flowers. ( https://nativebutterflyflowers.com/native-plants/jamaican-caper/ ). Accessed 2026.


Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Plant Name [in] Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Quadcyno ). Accessed 2026. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, Florida.


Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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