FNPS Plant Database
Alvaradoa amorphoides
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Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Alvaradoa amorphoides
Family:
Picramniaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Flower Color:
white, yellow, green
Fruit Color:
white, red
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
An excellent accent shrub or small tree with an open, spreading crown. Attractive fine textured, thin leaves and long, hanging spikes of flowers. Dioecious (with male and female flowers on separate plants).
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Somewhat 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:
Humus (organic, upland), Lime Rock
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:
Larval host for dina yellow (Eurema dina) and cassius blue (Leptotes cassius theonus) butterflies.
Native Habitats:
Natural Range in Florida:
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Comments:
Ethnobotany:
General Comments:
This is listed as an ENDANGERED by the State of Florida.
Citations:
Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. Natives For Your Neighborhood. https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Alvaamor , accessed 2025. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, Florida.
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.
