FNPS Plant Database

Alvaradoa amorphoides

Mexican alvaradoa
  • Photo by: Eric Fleites
  • Photo by: Eric Fleites
  • Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

Mexican alvaradoa

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Alvaradoa amorphoides

Family:

Picramniaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

10-20(35)  ft tall by usually taller than broad 

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white,yellow,green

Fruit Color:

white,red

Phenology:

evergreen

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

An excellent accent shrub or small tree with open, spreading crown. Attractive fine textured, thin leaves and long, hanging spikes of flowers. Dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants.

Considerations:

This is a beautiful small tree that is rarely cultivated..

Availability:

FNPS Plant Sales, Specialty Provider

Propagation:

Probably wind pollinated. Seed, but not all seeds will be viable.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -to- Somewhat long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

10A,10B,11

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Caterpillars

Larval host for dina yellow ( Eurema dina ) and cassius blue ( Leptotes cassius theonus ) butterflies.

Native Habitats:

Rockland hammock edges

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

This is listed as an ENDANGERED by the State of Florida

Citations:

Institute for Regional Conservation.  Accessed 2021-12-01. https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Alvaamor. (South FL occurrence map).

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu /).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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