Ardisia crenata

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:

• North: PROHIBITED
• Central: PROHIBITED
• South: PROHIBITED

Description

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.

Habitat

Moist hammocks

Comments

Seeds dispersed by birds and mammals.

Control Methods

• Manual: NA
• Chemical: Foliar (3% trichlopyr amine + 1% ammonium salt of Imazapic, or 5% trichlopyr ester), basal bark (10% trichlopyr ester). [IFAS]
• Biological: NA

Control Notes

NA

References

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.