| Asian nakedwood | USDA PLANTS Symbol: COAS3 U.S. Nativity: Exotic Habit: Hardwood Trees Vines |
| Colubrina asiatica (L.) Brongn. |
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Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Rhamnales: Rhamnaceae |
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| Synonym(s): Asian snakewood, hoop white | |
| Native Range: trop. Asia, Pac. Islands, Queensland (BAIL); | |
Asian nakedwood is a low shrub with climbing branches. The climbing branches can reach to 30 ft. (9 m) in length. Leaves are alternate, 1.5-5.5 in. (3.7-13.7 cm) long, shiny, toothed, broadly ovate and accuminate. Flowers are small, greenish and bloom in clusters in the axils of the leaves. Blooming occurs in the mid-summer, but can occur year-round. Fruit are 0.5 in. (1.3 cm) long, berry-like capsules with small, gray seeds. Seeds float and are salt-tolerant, thus enabling them to be dispersed by ocean currents. Asian nakedwood occurs in full to partial sun on upland sites and was first collected in Florida in 1937. |
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Identification, Biology, Control and Management Resources
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| Selected Images from Invasive.org | View All Images at Invasive.org |
 Plant(s); Habit Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Foliage; Fruit Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Foliage; Leaves John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Foliage; Leaves and flowers Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Foliage; Leaves Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Foliage; Fruit Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Fruit(s); Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Flower(s); Flowers Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Foliage; with fruit Dan Clark, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Fruit(s); Dan Clark, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Fruit(s); Dan Clark, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
 Seed(s); Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org Additional Resolutions & Image Usage |
| EDDMapS Distribution: This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org |
 State List This map identifies those states that list this species on their invasive species list or law. 
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| U.S. National Parks where reported invasive: |
| Everglades National Park (Florida) |
