Yellowwood

Schaefferia frutescens
(Florida Boxood)
Español: Ocote
Understory tree. Can be trimmed to keep sized as a shrub. Accent shrub or can be trained as a hedge.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms).

Considertions

Slow growing.

Wildlife

Birds eat the fruit.

Habitat

Tropical rockland hammock (borders), coastal berm.

Did You Know?

  • Showy fruits
  • Insect pollinated.