Description: Attractive, green, compact in shade, woodier, fewer leafed in full sun Height: To 6 ft 
Flowers: Small, greenish-white, aromatic, clustered in terminal panicles; Spring to Fall, perhaps longer 
Fruit: Small, globose, black, fleshy drupes 
Foliage: Evergreen, shiny, trifoliate, aromatic (citrus-scented) 
Spines: Unarmed 
Bark: Mottled-gray, roughened, often lichen-coated 
Growth Rate: Medium 

Requirements: 
Sun: Shade to full sun 
Soil: Loamy, sandy, other types 
Drainage: Well-drained 
Water: Low, drought tolerant 
Maintenance: None 
Propagation: Seed, fresh or dried up to 1 year; softwood cuttings, with rooting hormone 

Native Habitat: Understory of mesic woods, Ebony Woodland, to dry chaparral 

Wildlife Use: 
Fruit - variety of birds 
Leaves - Giant Swallowtail caterpillars, White-tailed Deer 

Comments: Members of the genus are lumped under the generic term, torchwood, because the wood ignites easily; forms buds and awaits rainfall, then the buds open quickly