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Clusia rosea Jacquin. Common name: Pitch-apple, Balsam-apple, Autograph-tree. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Maritime hammocks, rockland hammocks, coastal berms, disturbed areas, also widely cultivated. Distribution: S. FL; West Indies; Mexico (CAM, CHP, GRO, MIC, ROO, VER) south through Central America to South America. Extirpated as a native, but now rare to uncommon as escapees in urban areas.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA6, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, S, WH3; = Clusia flava Jacq. — S13. Basionym: Clusia rosea Jacq. 1760

Links to other floras: = Clusia rosea - FNA6

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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