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| Bloom Color | maroon |
|---|---|
| Bloom Period | Early-April to Late-May |
| Category, USDA | Dicot |
| Comment | Woods, wet to dry |
| Present in Plant Communities |
Marshes, swamps or floodplains (A3,A4,A6,A9) Pine plantation (F2) Slope forest (C1,C4,C5,C6,C7) Thicket or young forest (D1,D4) Upland forest (B1,B2,B4,B5,B7,B9,B11) |
| Educational Notes | zebra swallowtail host plant; member of mostly tropical Annonaceae; fruit edible; fruit eaten by yellow-billed cuckoo |
| Family | Annonaceae |
| Fibers Dyes, Ethnobotany | Ropes/strings |
| Foliage Color | yellow - fall |
| Foods, Ethnobotany | Fruit, relish, cakes |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Habit | Tree, Shrub |
| Habitat | occasional in moist, rich woods |
| Habitat | Woods, low |
| Hardiness Zone | 5a |
| Height | 25.0 |
| Medicine, Ethnobotany | Not found in literature |
| MPA Species IDs | 1592 |
| North American Federations, Ethnobotany | Cherokee, Iroquois |
| Native | Yes |
| Other , Ethnobotany | Not found in literature |
| Plant Culture | Sun to part shade in rich, moist well-drained soil. |
| Present in Plant Surveys | Ogle, partial survey 1992 Ebert - Holt, 1998 - 1999 Brighton-Longbottom, 2018 |
| Predominant Habit | Tree |
| Range | NY-FL, west NB to TX |
| Soil Moisture | Avg-moist soil |
| Soil Notes | Drainage |
| Species ID Ghini | 8802 |
| Status, Ethnobotany | Complete |
| Sun Exposure | Sun-shade |
| Synonym Scientific Names | Orchidocarpum arietinum |
| USDA Synonym Symbols | ORAR5 |
| Use | A suckering shrub for woodland edges or streambanks. Adds a tropical feeling to the garden. Fruits are large and tasty. Leaves are the larval food source for Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies. |
| Wildlife Value | ;Food; |
| Mapped Plant Accessions | 2005.0005.2 2005.0005.46 2013.0006.1874 2013.0006.1909 2013.0006.1910 2013.0006.1929 2018.0006.1998 |
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