Dog-banana

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Difficult to establish because of long tap root.

Small mammals and birds harvest the fruit.

Flatwoods, ruderal (pastures), scrubby flatwoods.

• Showy flowers
• Larval host for zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) and pawpaw sphinx (Dolba hyloeus). Pollinated by flies and beetles.