FNPS Plant Database

Cyrilla racemiflora

titi, leatherwood

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

titi, leatherwood

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Cyrilla racemiflora

Family:

Cyrilliacea

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

20-30 ft tall by 10-20 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

Deciduous north Florida becoming semi-evergreen in peninsular locations. Blooms in spring. May live over 100+ years (Nelson 2003)

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Fall Color, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Hedge plant.

Considerations:

In unburned natural wetlands, this plant sometimes form almost impenetrable thickets along the edge.

Availability:

Native Nurseries

Propagation:

Seed and root cuttings.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

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

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Stays wet ---to--- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam, Organic

Soil pH:

Slightly acidic to calcareous

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

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



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Attracts bees ( https://wildflower.org ).

Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.

Native Habitats:

Swampy sites, wet pine flatwoods, sloughs and edges of cypress swamps, seepage swamps and bogs, savannas, other wet depressional areas.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

Noted as a good honey plant.

General Comments:

Citations:

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



Nelson, Gil.  2003.  Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries. (life span).



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



University of Tennessee Extension Service.  Desired Ph Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants.    https://extension.tennessee.edu/mtnpi/Documents/handouts/Fertility/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf   accessed 2021.



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

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