Cartrema floridanum

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Scrub Wild Olive

Also known as Osmanthus megacarpus

Form:	Tree
Size:	15-20 (30) ft tall by 10 ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White
Fruit Color:	Black
Phenology:	Evergreen
Noted for:	Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage

Recommended Uses:

Screen plant esp. for sunny, dry sites. Specimen plant where its shiny foliage will be appreciated.

Considerations:

Slow growing.

Propagation:

Seed.

Availability:

Friends, Seed

Light:

Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods)

Moisture Tolerance:

Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.

Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or other substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Wildlife:	Larger birds and small mammals eat the fruit.
Insects:	Bees and other pollinators.
Native Habitats:	Dry sites. Scrub, scrubby sandhill.

Suitable to grow in:
9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures

Ethnobotany:	Fruit is edible.
General Comments:	This is a Florida endemic.