Plants Profile for Thespesia populnea (Portia tree)

General Information
Symbol:	THPO3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Malvaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Tree
Native Status:	HI I L48 I PB I,N PR I VI I
Other Common Names:	milo milo tree
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Pedro Acevedo-Rodriguez. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States Virgin Islands, Saint John, Coral Bay Quarter. Usage Requirements.

Mark A. Garland. United States, FL, Miami-Dade Co., Fairchild Tropical Garden. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Malvales
Family	Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus	Thespesia Sol. ex Corrêa – thespesia
Species	Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa – Portia tree

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Thespesia populnea seaside mahoe This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
FLEPPC	Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	FAC
Hawaii	FAC

Hawaii
South Pacific Islands	FACU

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC