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Morisonia cynophallophora
Also called Jamaican Capertree, Black Willow
Morisonia cynophallophora (synonym Capparis cynophallophora), commonly known as the Jamaican caper, is small tree in the caper family, Capparaceae, that is native to the Neotropical realm.
The native range of M. cyanophallophora includes the United States (Florida), Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as far south as northern Argentina. It inhabits mangrove forests, hammocks and shellmounds in coastal Florida and is extremely drought resistant
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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.
