Small Fruited Varnish Leaf (Dodonaea elaeagnoides) Body Size: 5 ft

Size: 5 ft

unripe persimmons contain high levels of tannins

It is a long-lived perennial in the Oleaceae (Olive family) which can live up to 50 years

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Silverling Salt Bush  is a beautiful evergreen in south Florida and deciduous in the north

Small Fruited Varnish Leaf (Dodonaea elaeagnoides) Body Size: 5 ftThe small fruited varnish leaf is a close relative to the Varnishleaf (Dodonaea viscosa). this is an endangered plant. As implied by its name the difference in the two lies in the fruit! Small Fruited Varnish Leaf's fruit only reaches about 0. 25 inches long while Varnsihleaf reaches 1 inch. Small Fruited Varnish Leaf can be found in Rockland hammocks and a long the edges of pine Rockland. It's light green flowers can be seen in the fall and the plant