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Morinda royoc
Also called Mouse's Pineapple, Yaw Weed, Yellow Root
Redgal is a scrambling shrub or small tree in the coffee family, native to coastal areas from southern Florida and the Caribbean through Central America to Ecuador. It grows best in warm, humid, frost-free conditions and needs good light and well-drained soil.
Morinda royoc, commonly known as redgal, yawweed or cheese shrub, is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family. It is native to Central America, South America, southern Florida, and the islands of the Caribbean. It is a vine or sprawling shrub found in sandy or rocky coastal areas.
It produces small white flowers throughout the year.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Morinda royoc by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
