Cyrilla racemiflora
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Titi, Leatherwood
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: | Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Hedge plant. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Considerations: | In unburned natural wetlands, this plant sometimes form almost impenetrable thickets along the edge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propagation: | Seed and root cuttings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Availability: | Native nurseries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Stays Wet ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Stays Wet ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Organic material (muck), Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Slightly acidic to calcareous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| Wildlife: |
Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit. | |
| Insects: | Attracts bees (https://wildflower.org). | |
| Native Habitats: | Swampy sites, wet pine flatwoods, sloughs and edges of cypress swamps, seepage swamps and bogs, savannas, other wet depressional areas. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| Ethnobotany: | Noted as a good honey plant. |