Common Name: coral ardisia
Family: Myrsinaceae
Common Synonyms: none
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8a-9b
Growth Habit: Shrub
Origin: Japan to northern India
FISC Category: 1
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: Yes
Introduction Date: early 1900s
IFAS Assessment:
Evergreen, multistemmed, subshrub growing to 1.8 m tall. Leaves alternate, dark green, waxy with distinctive scalloped margins. Flowers white to pink, stalked in axillary clusters. Fruits a bright red, persistent, round, drupe to 8 mm diameter.
Moist hammocks
Seeds dispersed by birds and mammals.
NA
Dave's Garden. 2014. PlantFiles: Coral Ardisia, Ardisia crenata. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53496/. Accessed on June 20, 2014.
Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, K.C. Burks. 2008. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas-Second Edition. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Langeland, K.A., J.A. Ferrell, B. Sellers, G.E. MacDonald, and R.K. Stocker. 2011. Integrated management of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida. EDIS publication SP 242. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).[S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.