JAMAICAN DOGWOOD

Piscidia piscipula

30 to 50 feet

Fast rate of growth

Full sun to partial shade

Excellent salt and drought tolerance; will tolerate moist soil.

Cold sensitive

 Zones 10 to 11

Usually a large tree with a wide crown and deciduous, large, compound leaves.

Masses of pea-like, purplish-blue flowers appear

before the new leaves, followed by four-winged pods, in summer.

All parts of the tree are poisonous in large quantities.