carrotwood	USDA PLANTS Symbol: CUAN4 USDA ARS GRIN: 312684 ITIS: 565105 NAPIS: PEQQBQB
Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A. Rich.) Radlk.
Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Sapindales: Sapindaceae
Synonym(s): carrotweed
Carrotwood is an evergreen tree that can grow to a height of 35 ft. (10.7 m). The inner bark is orange, hence the common name. The leaves are compound with 4-10 leaflets; each leaflet is 4-8 in. (10-20 cm) long, shiny with rounded or emarginate (indented) apices. Flowering occurs in the winter, where small, greenish white, 5-petaled flowers appear in clusters in the leaf axils. Bright orange capsules with shiny, black seeds ripen from June to May. Carrotwood is native to Australia and was introduced into the United States as early as 1955. This tree can grow in full sun or shade and has been shown to be salt tolerant. It occurs in marshlands, cypress swamps, pinewoods and dunes.

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Seedling(s); Forest & Kim Starr, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Seedling(s); Amy Ferriter, State of Idaho, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; Forest & Kim Starr, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Foliage; leaves Forest & Kim Starr, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Foliage; leaves Forest & Kim Starr, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Plant(s); BISH specimen Forest & Kim Starr, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Bark; Forest & Kim Starr, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Sapling(s); Forest & Kim Starr, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage
Tree(s); habit Forest & Kim Starr, U.S. Geological Survey, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Tree(s); Chris Lockhart, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Chris Lockhart, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage	Fruit(s); Ann Murray, University of Florida, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage

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