Seagrape
Coccoloba uvifera
The signature tree of South Florida's shorelines, with round, leathery leaves veined in red and grape-like clusters of purple fruit used for jelly. Exceptionally salt- and wind-tolerant, it grows as a sprawling dune shrub on exposed beachfront and a broad shade tree in shelter. Only female plants fruit.
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 25–25 ft
- Spacing
- 20–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, pollinators, mammals
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, specimen, erosion control
- Native states
- FL