Amyris Elemifera " Sea Torchwood"

Amyris Elemifera " Sea Torchwood" host plant

Butterfly host plant for Giant Swallowtail ( Papilio Cresphontes) and Schaus Swallowtail ( Papilio Aristodemus)

Pot Size: 1 Gallon

Height: 12" to 20"

Facts about Amyris Elemifera host plant:

Also know as Smooth torchwood, Candlewood, Sea amyris, Tea, Cuabilla, and Bois chandelle. Sea Torchwood tree is an important host plant for the Giant and Schaus Swallowtail butterfly. The leaves are opposite, compound, leaflets three to five in number, quite limber and drooping, around 3" long, light green, ovate to ovate lanceolate, with entire margins, long pointed tips and glandular dots on the upper surface. Flowers: tiny, white, borne in clusters up to 2" long. Fruit: a purple to black, ovoid drupe with obvious glandular dots, about 1/4" long. Distribution: primarily found in wet coastal hammocks.

* Family: Rutaceae

* Zones: 9 to 10

* Height: 15 to 20 feet

* Bloom Time: Spring and Fall

* Sun: Full sun to part shade 

* Water: Moist