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Amyris elemifera

Amyris elemifera L.

Sea Torchwood, Torchwood

Rutaceae (Rue family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: AMEL

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub , Tree
Fruit Type: Drupe
Size Notes: Up to about 30 feet tall, often much shorter.
Fruit: Purplish to black.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White
Bloom Time: Jan , Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct , Nov , Dec

Distribution

USA: FL
Native Habitat: Coastal hammocks and thickets, dunes, limestone woodlands.

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FAC			UPL

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

Web Reference

Webref 57 - Atlas of Florida Plants (2020) Institute for Systematic Botany
Webref 81 - Natives For Your Neighborhood (2020) The Institute for Regional Conservation
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Research Literature

Reslit 253 - Cytotoxicity Correlations of Puerto Rican Plants Using a Simplified Brine Shrimp Lethality Screening Procedure (1997) P. I. Chavez, L. A. Sanchez, F. A. Gonzalez, J. L....
Reslit 511 - Antimycobacterial natural products: synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of the oxazole-containing alkaloid texaline (2005) A. C. Giddens, H. I. M. Boshoff, S. G. Franzblau, ...
Reslit 1131 - Antimycobacterial activity of chemically defined natural substances from the Caribbean flora in Guadeloupe (1998) N. Rastogi, J. Abaul, K. S. Goh, A. Devallois, E. ...

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Additional resources

USDA: Find Amyris elemifera in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Amyris elemifera in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Amyris elemifera

Metadata

Record Modified: 2021-05-24
Research By: CBR

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